#adelaide

• Adelaida — A proper noun of Old High German origin (Adalheidis), composed of the elements 'adal' (noble) and 'heid' (kind, sort, essence), meaning 'of noble birth' or 'of a noble nature'. As a geographical name, it represents the Romanian variant for Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. Historically, it was borne by empresses and holy queens of Western Europe.
• Adelaide — A proper noun designating the capital city of the state of South Australia, a major urban, cultural, economic, and academic center located on the southern coast of the Australian continent near Gulf St Vincent. The city is globally recognized for its rigorous grid-based urban planning surrounded by vast parklands, founded in 1836 and named in honor of Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom.