Melbourne

American  

[mel-bern] / ˈmɛl bərn /

noun

1. 2nd Viscount. William Lamb.

2. a seaport in and the capital of Victoria, in SE Australia.

3. a city on the E coast of Florida.

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Melbourne ¹ British  

/ ˈmɛlbən /

noun

1. William Lamb , 2nd Viscount. 1779–1848; Whig prime minister (1834; 1835–41). He was the chief political adviser to the young Queen Victoria

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Melbourne ² British  

/ ˈmɛlbən /

noun

1. a port in SE Australia, capital of Victoria, on Port Phillip Bay: the second largest city in the country; settled in 1835 and developed rapidly with the discovery of rich goldfields in 1851; three universities. Pop: 3 160 171 (2001)

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Melbourne Cultural  

1. Second-largest city in Australia, located on the country's southern coast; the capital of Victoria state and the largest city in the state; a financial and commercial center.

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Other Word Forms

• Melburnian
  noun

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Example Sentences

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Melbourne

Earlier this season, the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers offered the most extreme study in jet lag for their season opener in Melbourne by arriving a full week apart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The samples were obtained through the Victorian Cancer Biobank in partnership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Haines, 65, the independent member for Indi, is in a critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery at a Melbourne hospital.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Haines was hit near an office in Wangaratta, north-east of Melbourne on Monday afternoon local time.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Aren’t you that dame that ran in Melbourne? The women’s four-by-one hundred. You anchored, right?”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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