Melbourne

Meaning

  1. The capital city of Victoria, Australia and former capital of Australia (1901–1927).
  2. A community in the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A township municipality of Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  4. A market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England, located in the East Midlands (OS grid ref SK3825).
  5. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
  6. A small city, the county seat of Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States, previously spelt Melburne.
  8. A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
  9. A small city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States.
  10. A tiny home rule city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States.

Concepts

Melbourne

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
Mel‧bourne
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmelbn̩/
Etymology

Named after the 2nd Viscount of Melbourne, Derbyshire, itself deriving from the Old English place name Mileburne (Old English mylen (“mill”) + burne (“stream”)).

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