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Meaning of "Port Nicholson" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PORT NICHOLSON

Named after Capt John Nicholson, Australian naval officer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PORT NICHOLSON

Port Nicholson  [ˈnɪkəlsən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORT NICHOLSON

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Port Nicholson is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORT NICHOLSON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Port Nicholson

Wellington Harbour

Wellington Harbour is the large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, is located on its western side. The harbour, the sea area bounded by a line between Pencarrow and Palmer Heads to Petone foreshore, was Port Nicholson until 1984. In the Māori language the harbour is known as Te Whanganui-a-Tara the great harbour of Tara. Another Māori name for Wellington, Pōneke, is said to be a rendition of Port Nick though a 2005 dictionary has said it was a transliteration of Port Nicholson. Looking north-east over Wellington Harbour from above Cook Strait left to right: Lambton Harbour, Miramar Peninsula and the Entrance...

Definition of Port Nicholson in the English dictionary

The definition of Port Nicholson in the dictionary is the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington. Other definition of Port Nicholson is the former name for Wellington Harbour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORT NICHOLSON


Abelson
ˈeɪbəlsən
Belsen
ˈbɛlsən
Jolson
ˈdʒəʊlsən
keelson
ˈkɛlsən
kelson
ˈkɛlsən
Mendelssohn
ˈmɛndəlsən
Michelson
ˈmaɪkəlsən
nelson
ˈnɛlsən
Nicholson
ˈnɪkəlsən
Nicolson
ˈnɪkəlsən
Nielsen
ˈniːlsən
Olsen
ˈəʊlsən
telson
ˈtɛlsən
Wilson
ˈwɪlsən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORT NICHOLSON

Port Blair
Port du Salut
port dues
Port Elizabeth
Port Harcourt
Port Jackson
Port Jackson wattle
Port Jackson willow
Port Louis
Port Lyautey
Port Moresby
port of call
port of entry
Port of Spain
Port Phillip
Port Phillip Bay
Port Royal
Port Said
Port Sudan
Port Talbot

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORT NICHOLSON

bolson
comparison
full nelson
half-nelson
Hudson
in season
Jackson
Jason
Johnson
lesson
livraison
madison
mason
person
prison
reason
River Nelson
season
son
Thompson

Synonyms and antonyms of Port Nicholson in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Port Nicholson» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORT NICHOLSON

Find out the translation of Port Nicholson to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Port Nicholson from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Port Nicholson» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

港口尼科尔森
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Puerto Nicholson
570 millions of speakers

English

Port Nicholson
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोर्ट निकोलसन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ميناء نيكلسون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Порт Николсон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porto Nicholson
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোর্ট নিকোলসন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Port Nicholson
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Port Nicholson
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Port Nicholson
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポート·ニコルソン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포트 니콜슨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Port Nicholson
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cổng Nicholson
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்ட் நிக்கல்சன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्ट निकोल्सन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Port Nicholson
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Port Nicholson
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Port Nicholson
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порт Ніколсон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Port Nicholson
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Port Nicholson
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Port Nicholson
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Port Nicholson
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Port Nicholson
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Port Nicholson

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORT NICHOLSON»

The term «Port Nicholson» is normally little used and occupies the 112.692 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORT NICHOLSON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Port Nicholson» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Port Nicholson» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Port Nicholson

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORT NICHOLSON»

Discover the use of Port Nicholson in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Port Nicholson and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPER: TWENTY VOLUMES 3
But as to Port Nicholson, in reference to coast accessibility, the only coast navigation which may be said to be more accessible to it than to Auckland, is the east coast extending from Port Nicholson to the Bay of Poverty, which, as before stated, ...
‎1842
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Te Tau Ihu O Te Waka: Te Ara Hou:
Bird Hunting After noting that all birds seemed to be very tame, Dieffenbach described Maori bird hunting, based on his experiences of Queen Charlotte Sound, Tory Channel and Port Nicholson (Wellington): The New Zealander has very few ...
Hilary Mitchell, John Mitchell, Maui John Mitchell, 2007
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The Cambridge History of the British Empire: 1858-1918. The ...
"TREASON" AT PORT NICHOLSON 75 at Port Nicholson on 22 January 1840, only a few days after the Cuba, which brought out the Company's surveyors. The settlers complained bitterly that they were neglected by the Governor, who, ...
H. H. Dodwell, 1932
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The New Zealand Journal
Port Nicholson is situated " The opinion which we then about fifty miles from Cape Pali- formed of the merits of Port ser, the NE. entrance of Cook's Nicholson is confirmed by all the Straits; the principal head-lands accounts that reach us from ...
‎1846
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The London Saturday journal
Neither were the emigrants inconvenienced by the hostility of the natives ; the numbers astonished them, and they used frequently to ask whether the whole tribe, meaning thereby all the people of England, had not come to Port Nicholson.
‎1841
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New Zealand and the New Zealand Company: being a ...
or Port Nicholson, with it; but it is quite certain that Port Nicholson is more accessible to Bankes' Peninsula, and all parts of the east coast of the southern islands, while in consequence of the strong winds always blowing in Cook's Straits, ...
Theophilus HEALE, Ross Donnelly MANGLES, 1842
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New Zealand and the New Zealand Company: Being a ...
or Port Nicholson, with it ; but it is quite certain that Port Nicholson is more accessible to Bankes' Peninsula, and all parts of the east coast of the southern islands, while in consequence of the strong winds always blowing in Cook's Straits, ...
Theophilus Heale, 1842
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Cheese
Port Nicholson - named after the magnificent, sheltered harbour or 'safe haven' of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington - is based on the popular French Trappist- style cheese, Port-Salut (meaning 'safe haven'). Wax-coated, it is more supple ...
Juliet Harbutt, 1999
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The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ...
176 CAPTAIN FITZ-ROY'S DESCRIPTION OP PORT NICHOLSON. PROCEEDINGS OF GOVERNOR IIOBSON IN 1842. 178 MR. TUCKETT'S NARRATIVE. resold is at least questionable : it is disputed by the natives, by the Church Missionary ...
Robert Montgomery Martin, 185
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The British colonies; their history, extent, condition, and ...
176 CAPTAIN FITZ-ROY'S DESCRIPTION OP PORT NICHOLSON. PROCEEDINGS OF GOVERNOR HOBSON IN 1842. 178 MR. TUCKETT'S NARRATIVE. resold is at least questionable : it is disputed by the natives, by the Church Missionary ...
Robert Montgomery Martin, 1851

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORT NICHOLSON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Port Nicholson is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shore Lore: The 'Drumbeat' of WWII
In 1942, the Cherokee and the Port Nicholson were both sunk only 45 miles offshore, in the Gulf of Maine. The Germans' maritime offensive, ... «Wicked Local Eastham, Jul 15»
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Flashback: Happy birthday Wellington, 150 years as a capital city
Port Nicholson in Wellington was "certainly most spacious, and free from danger within its heads; but its very great extent and the tremendous ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Wellington: A capital anniversary
... the Commissioners have arrived at the unanimous conclusion that Wellington, in Port Nicholson, is the site upon the shores of Cook's Straits ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
4
Another iwi joins fishing collective
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, based at the top of the South Island, is the latest tribe to sign an agreement to lease its crayfish quota to Port Nicholson ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
5
Fairy-stories no basis for official decisions
In a submission requesting the name change, the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust, which represents the original Maori occupants of the ... «Nelson Mail, Jun 15»
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The search for the £1.9bn Atlantic treasure lost at sea - which may …
Mr Brooks, a burly and moustachioed former amateur diver, said he had found documents, including a cargo list for the Port Nicholson, which, ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Fisheries partnership announced
From April next year Aotearoa Fisheries' lobster division will join together with Port Nicholson Fisheries to process and export their live lobster. «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
8
Maori collaborate to form Iwi owned lobster business
Port Nicholson Fisheries and Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd are pleased to announce a partnership which will see Aotearoa Fisheries join with Port ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jun 15»
9
2015 Royal Port Nic Photos!
Back in February Live Sail Die provided photos and video for the annual Royal Port Nic Regatta hosted by Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Cub! «LiveSailDie.com, May 15»
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Jack Ayers' sea legs still strong at 99
Karori sailing veteran Jack Ayers, 99, proves his worth on the Montego Bay 111 in the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Veterans Race. «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Port Nicholson [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/port-nicholson>. Apr 2024 ».
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