newcastle

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun newcastle has 1 sense

newcastle(n = noun.location) newcastle-upon-tyne - a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary); Array

is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center, port

is a part of england

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CIDE DICTIONARY

newcastle, prop. n.

A town in England. [PJC]

Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.

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