Melbourne

[ mel-bern ]

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.

Melbourne

¹

/ 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)

Melbourne

²

/ ˈmɛlbən /

noun

1. Melbourne, 2nd Viscount17791848MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: prime minister William Lamb , 2nd Viscount. 1779–1848; Whig prime minister (1834; 1835–41). He was the chief political adviser to the young Queen Victoria

Melbourne

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.

Other Words From

• Mel·bur·ni·an [mel-, bur, -nee-, uh, n], noun adjective

Example Sentences

The early plans call for most events to take place in Brisbane with others being staged along the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, plus some soccer matches in Sydney, Melbourne and other venues.

From Washington Post

“Come From Away” is playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre, and this week, the two-part “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is scheduled to open at the city’s Princess Theatre.

From Washington Post

“There’s certainly some merit to the argument that Murdoch and the conservative side of the politics are close here,” Johan Lidberg, a media professor at Monash University in Melbourne, said in an interview.

From Washington Post

Despite the event’s early timing, top-ranked players have fared better at the Australian Open — which started Monday in Melbourne — than at any of tennis’s other three major championships.

From FiveThirtyEight

Those proposals stemmed from some players’ complaints about hotel conditions after they arrived in Melbourne.

From Washington Post

From a pediatric ICU in Melbourne, Australia, to an elevator in Brooklyn, we see just how harmful refusing to vaccinate can be.

From The Daily Beast

“Kiev-Dubai-Perth-Melbourne,” the 31-year-old mother of two reported of her route on Emirates airline.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Katherine (Katie) Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist at Melbourne University and has written for Slate, Time, and elsewhere.

From The Daily Beast

It was in Melbourne and I was sitting in the back of the audience with my wife.

From The Daily Beast

Previously, he visited Melbourne and Sydney in January 2010.

From The Daily Beast

How many in Melbourne injure wealth and brain, I leave to more skilled and morose critics.

From Project Gutenberg

I had known him well in Melbourne where he helped me more than anyone else to get the hang of the Australian system.

From Project Gutenberg

One day he accidentally let slip some words about Melbourne, which he could not well have done unless he had seen the place.

From Project Gutenberg

His body was found more than twenty-four hours after his death, in the harbour at Melbourne.

From Project Gutenberg

For one thing, an old articled clerk of mine went to Melbourne some years ago, and succeeded in getting a practice there.

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