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melbourne
/ˈmɛl.bɚn/
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What does melbourne mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of Victoria, Australia and former capital of Australia (1901–1927).
- A community in the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A township municipality of Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
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proper noun
- A market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England, located in the East Midlands (OS grid ref SK3825).
- A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- A small city, the county seat of Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States, previously spelt Melburne.
- A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
- A small city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States.
- A tiny home rule city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
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He arrived in Melbourne with one hundred and fifty pounds in his pocket, and hope unlimited in his heart.
A hundred thousand people poured into Melbourne from England and other countries in a single month, and flocked away to the mines.
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He was to leave the vessel at Melbourne, bid a polite good-bye to the captain, and go off at once to the gold-fields.
I have seen an Australian bibliophile enraptured by the rare chance of buying, in Melbourne, an early work on—the history of Port Jackson!
We heard that a wireless station had just been established in Melbourne, and that the Hobart station would be working in about one month.