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Bathurst

  • /ˈbɑθ.ɝst/
  • /ˈbæ.θɜːst/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑθə(ɹ)st

Where it comes from

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834). The capital of the Gambia was also formerly named after him.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An English earldom.
  3. A city in the Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A local government area (Bathurst Regional Council) with its headquarters in Bathurst, New South Wales.
  5. A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. (historical), St. Peters (historical)

    Similar: Nepisiguit

  6. A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.
  7. A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  8. historical Former name of Banjul, the capital city of the Gambia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: newcastle, bath, bathé, bathgate, batho, bains, broadhurst, marchbanks, burwood, bawden, bathla, bays, bashford, bastow, bayne, bowerbank

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MLA

"Bathurst." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bathurst. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Bathurst. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bathurst

Chicago

"Bathurst." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bathurst.

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@misc{bathurst_2026,
  title = {Bathurst},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bathurst},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}