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birmingham

/ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əm/

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What does birmingham mean?

proper noun

  1. A major city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire with a population of over one million.
  2. Ellipsis of University of Birmingham.
  3. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama.
More meanings (17)

proper noun

  1. A community in the city of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
  2. A township in Schuyler County, Illinois.
  3. An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  5. A minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Kansas.
  7. A ghost town in Marshall County, Kentucky, now flooded by Kentucky Lake.
  8. A city in Oakland County, Michigan.
  9. A village in Clay County, Missouri.
  10. An unincorporated community in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
  11. A ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
  12. An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio.
  13. An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio.
  14. A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  15. A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  16. A community in the Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  17. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əm/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈbɝ.mɪŋˌhæm/
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Names are forbidden, and a man must call his own father “my right honorable friend the member for West Birmingham.”
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
E. W. belongs to Birmingham, is in his forty-ninth year, and has been in and out of prison all his life.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
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I am heartily glad we shall meet at Birmingham, as I trust we shall, if my health will but keep up.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
I could have spent a month profitably among the vast variety of small traders in metal, of which Birmingham is the headquarters.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
Hickinbotham of Birmingham reports the history of two cases of labor at term in females whose hymens were immensely thickened.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747