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Melbourne
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English
Etymology
en William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and 2nd Viscount of Melbourne, Derbyshire; ultimately from ang mylen mill + ang burne stream.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmelbn̩/ AusE
en /ˈmælbn̩/ AusE,Victoria,salary-celery
en En-au-Melbourne.oga AU
en /ˈmɛl.bən/ /ˈmɛl.bɔːn/ Derbyshire town RP
en /ˈmɛl.bɚn/ /ˈmɛl.bɔɹn/ GA,CA
en /ˈmɛl.bəɾn/ /ˈmɛl.bəɹn/ Scotland
en Mel bourne
Proper noun
en Q3141 en capital city s/Victoria c/Australia and former capital of c/Australia (1901–1927).
en Naarm Narrm
en Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/asia/laos-detains-hostel-staff-methanol-poisoning-intl-hnk/index.html 2024-11-27 Speaking to reporters at Melbourne airport, their fathers thanked supporters and praised efforts from the Australian government, according to Nine News. https://web.archive.org/web/20260517164251/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/asia/laos-detains-hostel-staff-methanol-poisoning-intl-hnk/index.html 17 May 2026
en community in the distmun/Municipality of the District of Yarmouth p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en township municipality rcomun/Le Val-Saint-François p/Quebec c/Canada.
en market town/and/cpar in lgdist/South Derbyshire co/Derbyshire cc/England, located in the East Midlands OS grid ref SK3825. Parish map (Derbyshire)
en village/and/cpar in the co/East Riding of Yorkshire cc/England. Parish map (East Riding)
en small city/county seat co/Izard County s/Arkansas c/USA.
en ucomm co/Mendocino County s/California c/USA, previously spelt Melburne.
en city co/Brevard County s/Florida c/USA. TopoZone: Melbourne, Florida
en small city co/Marshall County s/Iowa c/USA.
en tiny home rule city co/Campbell County s/Kentucky c/USA.
en.
Derived terms
en East Melbourne Melba Melbourne Airport Melbourne Beach Melbournite North Melbourne Port Melbourne South Melbourne West Melbourne
Related terms
en Melburnian
Translations
city in Victoria, Australia
Afrikaans: af Melbourne
Amharic: am መልበርን
Arabic: ar مِلْبُورْن or ar مِيلْبُورْن
Armenian: hy Մելբուռն
Belarusian: be Ме́льбурн m
Bengali: bn মেলবোর্ন
Bulgarian: bg Ме́лбърн m
Burmese: my မဲလ်ဘုန်း
Catalan: ca Melbourne m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 墨爾本 mak6 ji5 bun2
Hokkien: nan-hbl
Mandarin: cmn 墨爾本 Mò'ěrběn, cmn 貓本
Dinka: din
Dutch: nl Melbourne n
Esperanto: eo Melburno
Finnish: fi Melbourne
French: fr Melbourne f
Georgian: ka მელბურნი
German: de Melbourne n
Greek: el Μελβούρνη f
Hebrew: he מֶלְבּוֹרְן f melburn
Hindi: hi मेलबॉर्न m
Hungarian: hu Melbourne
Italian: it Melbourne m
Japanese: ja メルボルン Meruborun
Khmer: km ម៉ែលប៊ន
Korean: ko ^멜버른, ko ^멜번
Lao: lo ເມລເບີນ
Latin: la Melburnia f
Macedonian: mk Мелбурн m
Marathi: mr मेलबर्न n
Occitan: oc Melbourne m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Мелбурн m
Persian: fa ملبورن melborn
Polish: pl Melbourne n
Portuguese: pt Melbourne f
Rarotongan: rar Merepani
Russian: ru Ме́льбурн m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Мелбурн m
Latin: sh Melburn m, sh Melbourne
Sicilian: scn Melbourne
Spanish: es Melbourne m
Swedish: sv Melbourne n
Tamil: ta மெல்பேர்ண்
Thai: th เมลเบิร์น
Ukrainian: uk Ме́льбурн m
Urdu: ur ملبورن m melborn
Vietnamese: vi Miêu Bìn, vi Mai Bình
Woiwurrung: wyi Narrm
Yiddish: yi מעלבאָרן n
See also
en Melbourn
Melbourne (disambiguation) Disambiguation of Melbourne
References
en eponyms
en Former capitals
Catalan
Pronunciation
Mèlburn,[ou:u]
Proper noun
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ca capital city s/Victoria c/Australia ; former capital of c/Australia Melbourne
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Melbourne<ety:uder<ang:->> 2 1
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < toponyms
ceb capital city s/Victoria c/Australia Melbourne
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :bor en:Melbourne
fr en Melbourne.
Pronunciation
fr Canada Missouri New England Louisiana melbɚn
Proper noun
f
fr capital city s/Victoria c/Australia ; former capital of c/Australia Melbourne
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor en:Melbourne + 1
Pronunciation
melbern LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Melbourne.wav Mel.bourne
Proper noun
n yes
pl capital city s/Victoria c/Australia ; former capital of c/Australia Melbourne
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
pt capital city s/Victoria c/Australia Melbourne
Slovak
Pronunciation
Melbörn
Proper noun
m-in Melbournu dub
sk capital s/Victoria c/Australia ; former capital of c/Australia Melbourne
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Melburne<qq:chiefly Spain> Mélburn Mélborn +
Proper noun
m
es capital city s/Victoria c/Australia ; former capital of c/Australia Melbourne
Related terms
es melburniano
Welsh
Proper noun
cy proper noun
cy capital s/Victoria c/Australia Melbourne