Melbourne

[ mel-bern ]

noun

1. 2nd Viscount. William Lamb.
2. a seaport in and the capital of Victoria, in SE Australia.
3. a city on the E coast of Florida.

Melbourne

¹

/ ˈmɛlbən /

noun

1. Melbourne, 2nd Viscount17791848MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: prime minister William Lamb , 2nd Viscount. 1779–1848; Whig prime minister (1834; 1835–41). He was the chief political adviser to the young Queen Victoria

Melbourne

²

/ ˈmɛlbən /

noun

1. 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)

Melbourne

1. 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.

Other Words From

• Mel·bur·ni·an [mel-, bur, -nee-, uh, n], noun adjective

Example Sentences

Less than 30% of buildings in New York City, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Denver, central Sydney and central Melbourne were in neighbourhoods with adequate canopy cover.

From Science Daily

Tory Taylor, 27 and born in Melbourne, is in his first season of the NFL and tipped to be a generational talent.

From BBC

Earlier this year, Taylor and Mehrtens moved to the U.S. and found places in L.A., while the others theoretically remain based in Melbourne.

From Los Angeles Times

Or maybe it was just distraction by a record-breaking crowd that led Chris Martin to take a tumble through a trap door at Coldplay’s Sunday concert in Melbourne.

From Los Angeles Times

Knight's Choice has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went to a photo finish.

From BBC