Melba
Americannoun
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(Dame) Nellie Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong, 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
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a female given name.
noun
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Dame Nellie, stage name of Helen Porter Mitchell. 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano
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slang to make repeated farewell appearances
Example Sentences
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It includes a wordless soprano in tribute to Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
And the third recording was the clearest yet: the waltz from “Romeo and Juliet,” also from the Met, sung by the Australian soprano Nellie Melba.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023
Whoever invented them should have given them an attention-getting, proper double-name like Captain's Wafers, Ritz Crackers, Melba Toast and Wheat Thins.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022
Melba Newsome, a health, science and environmental writer, and photographer Gioncarlo Valentine depict doctors, scientists and advocates working to improve health care and social support for people with opioid use disorder.
From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2022
Maybe trombone players are nice, like the girl in the station, like Melba.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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