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Nottingham

American  
[not-ing-uhm, -ham] / ˈnɒt ɪŋ əm, -ˌhæm /

noun

  1. a city in SW Nottinghamshire, in central England.

  2. Nottinghamshire.


Nottingham British  
/ ˈnɒtɪŋəm /

noun

  1. a city in N central England, administrative centre of Nottinghamshire, on the River Trent: scene of the outbreak of the Civil War (1642); famous for its associations with the Robin Hood legend; two universities. Pop: 249 584 (2001)

  2. a unitary authority in N central England, in Nottinghamshire. Pop: 273 900 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Trying to stay within Uefa's guidelines was among the reasons why the club sold Munoz to Nottingham Forest for £22m.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

England and Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White has been handed a £1,000 court bill after his Range Rover was caught running a red light.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

NHS staff accessing the medical records of the Nottingham attacks victims and possible breaches over a man killed by a tiger is a "disgrace", the health secretary has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Professor Tomas Jungwirth is affiliated with the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of Nottingham.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Last year, my family spent the holidays in Nottingham.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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