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Newcastle

Syllabification: (New·cas·tle)
Pronunciation: /ˈn(y)o͞oˌkasəl/

Definition of Newcastle
  • 1an industrial city in northeastern England, a port on the Tyne River; population 170,200 (est. 2009). Full name Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • 2an industrial town in west central England, southwest of Stoke-on-Trent; population 77,500 (est. 2009). Full name Newcastle-under-Lyme.
  • 3an industrial port on the southeastern coast of Australia, in New South Wales; population 152,659 (2008).

Newcastle in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Newcastle in the British & World English dictionary