Melbourne
pronunciation
How to pronounce Melbourne in British English:
UK ['melbən]
How to pronounce Melbourne in American English:
US ['melbərn]
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- Noun:
- a resort town in east central Florida
- the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center
Word Origin
- Melbourne
- city in Australia, named 1837 for William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) then British Prime Minister; the title is from Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire. The place name is literally "mill stream," Old English Mileburne (1086).
Example
- 1. Melbourne led the ranking ahead of johannesburg and singapore .
- 2. Either melbourne or sydney , perhaps ?
- 3. Then as morning dawned two tremors shook melbourne .
- 4. I stumbled upon this bin when in camberwell , melbourne .
- 5. Jackson clements burrows designed the twin peaks house in melbourne , australia .