Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia, a state in the south of Australia. It sits on a flat plain near the sea, with hills behind it. English speakers often talk about it as quieter and leafier than Sydney or Melbourne — still a real city, but not the huge, famous ones.

Adelaide is the capital city of South AustraliaAdelaide是South Australia（南澳）的首府, a state in the south of Australia那是澳洲南部的一個州。It sits on a flat plain near the sea它座落在靠海的一片平原上, with hills behind it後方則有山丘。English speakers often talk about it as quieter and leafier than Sydney or Melbourne英語使用者常說它比雪梨或墨爾本更安靜、更多綠意 — still a real city仍然是一座真正的城市, but not the huge, famous ones但不是那種龐大又有名的城市。

You say AD-uh-layd, with the weight on the first part.

You say AD-uh-layd你唸作AD-uh-layd, with the weight on the first part重音在第一個音節上。

Though actually, the name was a woman’s name first. The city was named after Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV, when the colony was founded in the 1830s. The name came into English from French Adélaïde, and before that from Old High German Adalheid: adal “noble” plus heit “nature, character,” so something like “noble sort.” The same old German name, travelling another road, also gave English Alice.

Though actually不過其實，the name was a woman's name first這個名字原本是一個女性的名字。The city was named after Queen Adelaide這座城市是以Queen Adelaide的名字命名的, wife of King William IV她是威廉四世國王的妻子, when the colony was founded in the 1830s那是在1830年代殖民地建立的時候。The name came into English from French Adélaïde這個名字是從法文Adélaïde進入英文的, and before that from Old High German Adalheid而在那之前來自古高地德文Adalheid：adal "noble" plus heit "nature, character,"adal是「高貴」，加上heit「性質、特質」, so something like "noble sort."所以大概是「高貴的一種」的意思。The same old German name, travelling another road, also gave English Alice同一個古德文名字走了另一條路，也給了英文Alice這個名字。

This entry is the city.

This entry is the city這個詞條講的是這座城市。