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Bournemouth

[ boorn-muhth, bawrn-, bohrn- ]

noun

  1. a city in Dorset in S England: seashore resort.


Bournemouth

/ ˈbɔːnməθ /

noun

  1. a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  2. a unitary authority in SE Dorset. Pop: 163 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (17 sq miles)


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Example Sentences

The inquest heard Miss Moss grew up in London but moved to Bournemouth about five years ago.

She summoned an ambulance to the flat in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, but Miss Moss was pronounced dead at the scene.

She regularly attended the evangelical Citygate Church in Bournemouth and was baptised there.

Saxton Road possessed no characteristic to distinguish it from many similar roads in Bournemouth.

"I suppose Bournemouth must have a bad effect on you, dearest boy," said Mrs. Fane in her most gentle, most discouraging voice.

I went down to Bournemouth unexpectedly, and was with him when that creature came to the door in a carriage.

She was consumptive, but seemed to get much better at Bournemouth; then she wanted to go to Brighton.

After spending about seven years of married life at Bournemouth he again, in 1887, tried a visit to America.

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