New Castle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a city in W Pennsylvania.
  2. a city in E Indiana.
noun
  1. Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
  2. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding; major coal center.
  3. a seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia.
  4. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
Idioms
  1. carry coals to Newcastle,
    • to take something to a place where its kind exists in great quantity.
    • to do something wholly unnecessary.
noun
  1. a port in SE Australia, in E New South Wales near the mouth of the Hunter River: important industrial centre, with extensive steel, metalworking, engineering, shipbuilding, and chemical industries. It suffered Australia's first recorded fatal earthquake, in 1989. Pop: 279 975 (2001)
noun
  1. Duke of, the title of Thomas Pelham Holles. 1693–1768, English Whig prime minister (1754–56; 1757–62): brother of Henry Pelham
New Castle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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