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durham
/ˈdɝəm/
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What does durham mean?
noun
- One of a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England, and noted for their beef-producing quality.
proper noun
- A county in the Northeast of England; in full, County Durham.
- A city, the county town of County Durham, England.
More meanings (22)
proper noun
- A unitary authority of County Durham, which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of County Durham except Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees; in full, Durham County Council.
- An English habitational surname from Old English from the city in England.
- An outback town in Queensland, Australia.
- A community in New Brunswick; named for Lord Durham, Governor General of Canada.
- A community in West Grey, Grey County, Ontario.
- A regional municipality east of Toronto Ontario; in full, Regional Municipality of Durham.
- A township and unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in Butte County, California; named for California politician W. W. Durham.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut; named for the city in England.
- An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia; named for Durham Coal and Coke Company.
- A township in Hancock County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Marion County, Kansas; named for the breed of cattle.
- A town in Androscoggin County, Maine; named for County Durham, England.
- An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Missouri; named for a railroad employee.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Greene County, New York; named for the town in Connecticut.
- A city, the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina; named for landowner Bartlett S. Durham.
- A township in Durham County, North Carolina, most of which is in the city.
- An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; named for postmaster Doris Durham Morris.
- A city in Washington County, Oregon; named for pioneer and Oregon Territory legislator Alberto Alonzo Durham.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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This undesirable stock was sold at the first opportunity, and the range re-stocked by an improved grade of Durham cattle.
A similar artistic operation had to be performed on the bull signifying Bull Durham tobacco--once the range favorite for making cigarettes.
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“So it is,” said I—“for some things at any rate. For example, where do you find such beef as in Durham?”
Among these was one of the special policemen employed by Durham, whose duty it frequently was to pick out men for employment.
At Durham the monks distributed their books--keeping some in the spendimentum or cancellary, some near the refectory, and the bulk in the cloister.