Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word MELBOURNE

Definitions of MELBOURNE

1. A capital city in 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 in Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.
4. A market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, located in the East Midlands.
5. A village and civil parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
6. A small city in county seat in Izard County, Arkansas, USA.
7. A unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, USA, previously spelt Melburne.
8. A city in Brevard County, Florida, USA.
9. A small city in Marshall County, Iowa, USA.
10. A tiny home rule city in Campbell County, Kentucky, USA.

Examples of Using MELBOURNE in a Sentence

• Bulleen Boomers, a basketball club based in Bulleen, a north-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• The Lions came into existence in 1996 when the AFL expansion club the Brisbane Bears, established in 1987, absorbed the AFL operations of one of the league's foundation clubs, Fitzroy, established in Melbourne, Victoria in 1883.
• CERES Community Environment Park (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies), a community environmental park in Melbourne, Australia.
• The Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake in the suburb of Albert Park in Melbourne.
• The club formed in 1859, making it the second-oldest AFL side after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.
• Holt was born in Sydney and moved to Melbourne in childhood, studying law at the University of Melbourne.
• Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring as Charlene Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1986–1988).
• The first version was developed at the University of Melbourne, Computer Science department, by Fergus Henderson, Thomas Conway, and Zoltan Somogyi, under Somogyi's supervision, and released on April 8, 1995.
• Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second-largest cricket arena by capacity.
• Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", and "It's a Mistake".
• The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse.
• A founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance, it is the only airline in the world that flies to all seven continents, with it operating flights to Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America and South America from its hubs in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane.
• It was developed by Cyril Callister in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1922, and it was first sold in stores on 25 October 1923.
• Victoria Bitter (VB) is a lager produced by Carlton & United Breweries, a subsidiary of Asahi, in Melbourne, Victoria.
• Victoria University (VU or Vic Uni) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded.
• January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• In the early 1970s, Albury–Wodonga was selected as the primary focus of the Whitlam Federal Labor government's scheme to arrest the uncontrolled growth of Australia's large metropolitan areas (in particular Sydney and Melbourne) by encouraging decentralisation.
• The tramway network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of approximately 1,700 tram stops across 24 routes.
• A dual-premiership captain at North Melbourne (1996 and 1999), four-time North Melbourne best-and-fairest (Syd Barker Medallist) and seven-time All-Australian, Carey is nicknamed "The King", or "Duck".
• It is the largest production house in Europe, employing roughly 3,000 staff, including 1,000 in London, and 1,500 across studios in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Melbourne and Mumbai.
• John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1967), former player with Fitzroy and North Melbourne.
• Archer (horse) (1856–1872), Australian racehorse that won the first two Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862.
• The Great Dividing Range stretches along the east coast of the continent and terminates near the Victorian city of Ballarat west of the capital Melbourne, though the nearby Grampians may be considered to be the final part of the range.

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