Durham

[dur-uhm, duhr-]

noun

1. a county in NE England. 940 sq. mi. (2,435 sq. km).

2. a city in this county.

3. a city in N North Carolina.

4. a town in SE New Hampshire.

5. Animal Husbandry.,  Shorthorn.

Durham

/ ˈdʌrəm /

noun

1. Dur.. a former administrative county of NE England; became a unitary authority in 2009; on the North Sea: rises to the N Pennines in the west: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (both part of Cleveland until 1996) and Darlington (created in 1997). Administrative centre: Durham. Pop (of Durham unitary authority): 494 200 (2003 est). Area (of Durham unitary authoritiy): 2434 sq km (940 sq miles)

2. a city in NE England, administrative centre of Co Durham, on the River Wear: Norman cathedral; 11th-century castle (founded by William the Conqueror), now occupied by the University of Durham (1832). Pop: 42 939 (2001)

3. a rare variety of shorthorn cattle See shorthorn

Example Sentences

"The English support at Perth was fantastic," said the Durham man.

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Ryan Campbell, Durham coach and contemporary of Spencer at Western Australia, said he was "ridiculously and frighteningly fast".

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A further injury setback for Wood is a huge blow to the Durham man and England.

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Research from 2024 shows that almost half of women diagnosed with breast cancer at the County Durham trust had a mastectomy.

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"We're in the rolling countryside, in sleepy south Durham, so to be the victim of potentially international crime like this is quite hard to believe and it is quite shocking really," he said.

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