Melbourne

[mel-bern]

Mel·bourne

[mel-bern]
noun
1.
2nd Viscount. Lamb, William.
2.
a seaport in and the capital of Victoria, in SE Australia. 2,864,600.
3.
a city on the E coast of Florida. 44,536.
Mel·bur·ni·an [mel-bur-nee-uhn] , noun, adjective

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Vic·to·ri·a

[vik-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-; for 3 also Sp. beek-taw-ryah]
noun
1.
the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
2.
1819–1901, queen of Great Britain 1837–1901; empress of India 1876–1901.
3.
Gua·da·lupe [gwahd-l-oop, -oo-pee; Sp. gwah-thah-loo-pe] (Manuel Félix Fernández), 1789–1843, Mexican military and political leader: first president of the republic 1824–29.
4.
To·más Luis de [taw-mahs lwees de] , 1548–1611, Spanish composer.
5.
Also called Hong Kong, Xianggang. a seaport in and the capital of the Hong Kong colony, on the N coast of Hong Kong island, facing the seaport of Kowloon. 1,100,000.
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6.
a state in SE Australia. 3,832,443; 87,884 sq. mi. (227,620 sq. km). Capital: Melbourne.
7.
a seaport in and the capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, in SW Canada. 62,551.
8.
a city in S Texas. 50,695.
9.
a former name of Nyanda.
10.
a port in and the capital of the Seychelles. 13,736.
11.
Lake. Also called Victoria Nyanza. a lake in E central Africa, in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya: second largest freshwater lake in the world; source of the White Nile. 26,828 sq. mi. (69,485 sq. km).
12.
Mount, a mountain on E New Guinea, in SE Papua New Guinea, in the Owen Stanley Range. 13,240 feet (4036 meters).
13.
(lowercase) a low, light, four-wheeled carriage with a calash top, a seat for two passengers, and a perch in front for the driver.
14.
(lowercase) an open touring car having a folding top that usually covers only the rear seat.
15.
(lowercase) any of several large-leaved water lilies of the genus Victoria. Compare royal water lily.
16.
a female given name.
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Melbourne1 (ˈmɛlbən)
 
n
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)

Melbourne2 (ˈmɛlbən)
 
n
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount. 1779--1848; Whig prime minister (1834; 1835--41). He was the chief political adviser to the young Queen Victoria

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Melbourne [(mel-buhrn)]

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.

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