Birmingham
a city in West Midlands, in central England.
a city in central Alabama.
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
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How to use Birmingham in a sentence
Next Monday, the National Labor Relations Board will mail ballots to 5,805 workers at the facility near Birmingham, who will then have seven weeks to decide whether they want the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union to represent them.
Amazon’s anti-union blitz stalks Alabama warehouse workers everywhere, even the bathroom | Jay Greene | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostGarcia lives in Birmingham and works on hunger advocacy for Alabama Arise, a nonprofit dedicated to the interests of the state’s low-income residents.
At a second hearing on the streetlights in October 2017, Birmingham cited public safety as a possible use case for the technology.
The Port of San Diego Had Its Own Smart Streetlight Program | Jesse Marx | December 21, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIn the first draft, the Watsons were going to Florida, not Birmingham.
How a simple story about a road trip became a kids’ classic | Haben Kelati | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostThese are mostly large hospitals, such as the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s flagship facility.
Mass vaccinations against covid-19 will be ‘mind-blowing’ challenge for Alabama, other poor, rural states | Isaac Stanley-Becker | November 29, 2020 | Washington Post
The 20 locals whom More claimed to have had sex with in Birmingham, however, seemed to enjoy their van time.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians | Marlow Stern | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It obviously sends out the message that this kind of thing goes on in Birmingham,” Mahmood told the Birmingham Mail.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians | Marlow Stern | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPete stuck his thumb out at the age of 17 and hitch hiked out of Birmingham, England.
Since then, of course, he has sold everything that comes off the desk in the study in Birmingham to Hollywood.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Saab makes its way slowly through Bloomfield Hills, the tony Detroit suburb next to Birmingham.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1848 there were only seven priests in Birmingham, and but seventy in the whole diocese.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellSlate slabs were originally tried for sleepers on the Birmingham and London line.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellMr. King and Mr. Lewis walking together in Birmingham, a chimney sweeper and his boy passed them.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThe price of salt at one period of the long Peninsular war rose to £30 per ton, being retailed in Birmingham at 4l.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellMore than nine-tenths of these were made in Birmingham, and, of course, our tradesmen were not backward with their own specimens.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
British Dictionary definitions for Birmingham
/ (ˈbɜːmɪŋəm) /
an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001): informal Brummie
a unitary authority in central England, in the West Midlands. Pop: 992 100 (2003 est). Area: 283 sq km (109 sq miles)
(ˈbɜːmɪŋˌhæm) an industrial city in N central Alabama: rich local deposits of coal, iron ore, and other minerals. Pop: 236 620 (2003 est)
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Cultural definitions for Birmingham (1 of 2)
City in north-central Alabama; largest city in the state.
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