Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newcastle upon Tyne

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Use of the city's major river to distinguish it from other British places known as Newcastle; most notably Newcastle-under-Lyme.

proper noun Newcastle · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Newcastle on Tyne · Newcastle-on-Tyne

A large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England. Similar statements were made in Britain, where the growing white lead industry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne caused waves of illness and even death among women workers: Dr Charles T. Thackrah had early on denounced the serious intoxications linked to the use of lead in industry and described the main sympt
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name city in the county of Tyne and Wear

한국어	뉴캐슬어폰타인 nyukaeseureopontain
日本語	ニューカッスル・アポン・タイン Nyūkassuru apon tain
中文	泰恩河畔紐卡斯爾 /泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔 Tài'ēn hépàn Niǔkǎsī'ěr
Русский	Нью́касл-апо́н-Тайн Nʹjúkasl-apón-Tajn

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@misc{newcastle_upon_tyne_2026,
  title = {Newcastle upon Tyne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/newcastle%20upon%20tyne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}