English Explanatory Dictionary

Birmingham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A major city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire with a population of over one million.
  2. Ellipsis of University of Birmingham.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama.
  5. A community in the city of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.
  6. A township in Schuyler County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  9. A minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  10. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Kansas.
  11. A ghost town in Marshall County, Kentucky, now flooded by Kentucky Lake.
  12. A city in Oakland County, Michigan.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜː.mɪŋ.əm/ /ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əm/ En-uk-Birmingham.ogg /ˈbɜː.mɪŋˌhæm/ /ˈbɝ.mɪŋˌhæm/

Word forms

Birmingham

Etymology

From Middle English, 1086, from Old English *Beormingahām, from Beornmund + ing + hām, "home of Beorma;" first element of uncertain origin but possibly from beorma (“yeast”). More at Beorma.

Synonyms

Brummagem Bromichan Bremicham

Related words

Brum brummagem Brummie

Derived words

Birmingham dribbler Birminghamese Birmingham Gardens Birmingham gauge Birminghamian Birminghamism Birminghamize Birmingham screwdriver Birmingham wire gauge

Translations

Arabic: بَرْمِنْغْهَام Arabic: برمنقهام Armenian: Բիրմինգհեմ Bengali: বার্মিংঘম Bengali: বার্মিংহাম Bulgarian: Бирмингам Chinese Mandarin: 伯明翰 Galician: Birmingham Georgian: ბირმინგემი German: Birmingham Greek: Μπέρμιγχαμ Gujarati: બર્મિંઘમ Hindi: बर्मिंघम Japanese: バーミンガム Kannada: ಬರ್ಮಿಂಘಮ್ Korean: 버밍엄 Kyrgyz: Бирмиңгем Lao: ເບີຣ໌ມິແງມ Latvian: Birmingema Lithuanian: Birmingamas Malayalam: ബർമിങ്ങാം Malayalam: ബിർമിങ്ഹാം Nepali: बर्मिङ्घम Romanian: Birmingham Russian: Бирминге́м Sanskrit: बर्मिङ्घम् Telugu: బర్మింఘమ్ Thai: เบอร์มิแงม Turkish: Birmingham Ukrainian: Бірмінгем Urdu: برمنگھم Welsh: Birmingham Yiddish: בירמינגהאַם
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