[bur-ming-uh
m for 1; bur-ming-ham for 2, 3] 
| 1. | a city in West Midlands, in central England. 1,084,600. |
| 2. | a city in central Alabama. 284,413. |
| 3. | a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit. 21,689. |
Bir·ming·ham (bûr'mĭng-hām')
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City in north-central Alabama; largest city in the state.
Note: Birmingham was the site of extreme racial violence during the civil rights movement. Although associated with specific race riots in 1963, Birmingham came to represent, as a whole, southern white resistance to integration. (See “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”)
Note: Birmingham is known as the “Pittsburgh of the South” for its steel and iron production.