Markham

[ mahr-kuhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Beryl, 1902–86, English aviation pioneer: first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean east to west 1936.
(Charles) Edwin, 1852–1940, U.S. poet.
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, SW of the Ross Sea. 15,100 feet (4,600 meters).
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

Markham

/ ˈmɑːkəm /

noun

Mount Markham
a mountain in Antarctica, in Victoria Land. Height: 4350 m (14 272 ft)

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Example Sentences

It’s no wonder David Chang, who runs restaurants downtown, believes Markham has the best food in Toronto.

From Eater

For a decade, construction has sprawled across Markham, always augmenting the suburban Toronto enclave.

From Eater

From dim sum and soup dumplings to chapli kebabs and hakka noodles, Markham’s food scene offers an embarrassment of riches.

From Eater

Markham, with 343,000 people and with 684 miles of roads, has deployed artificial intelligence to locate potholes before they get bigger — and costlier to repair.

From Ozy

As a suburb of Toronto, the fourth-largest city in North America, Markham’s roads see their fair share of vehicular traffic on top of winter wear and tear.

From Ozy

The first faux-Fleming assignments went to writers such as Kingsley Amis (writing as “Robert Markham”) and John Gardner.

From The Daily Beast

The testiness reflects an ambivalence in the field about what Markham and the Blue Brain team are trying to do.

From The Daily Beast

Both Markham and Worldco were affiliated with Byrd and Melanie Billings.

From The Daily Beast

Both Markham and Worldco were affiliated with Byrd “Bud” and Melanie Billings.

From The Daily Beast

Behind where they pitched their final camp—Camp 48, Cash Markham recorded it in his diary—the hills rose.

From Project Gutenberg

"Lucy Markham told me such would be the case," replied I, smiling.