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. 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 Word Forms

• Melburnian noun

Example Sentences

“However, we expect heavy traffic growth to slow in 2Q across Melbourne in particular,” analyst Anthony Moulder says.

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Extreme conditions are now a recurring problem in tennis, from Melbourne to Cincinnati to the Middle East.

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In the finals she lost in Melbourne and Paris, frustration had given way to panic.

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The idea started with Robson in 1974, as he taught students at the University of Melbourne by turning wooden balls into models of atoms.

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In response to Blewett's claim, he said he would "walk nude" around the Melbourne Cricket Ground this summer if Root does not scratch his Australian century itch.

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