1. (n.)Birmingham a city in West Midlands, in central England. 1,084,600.
2. Birmingham a city in central Alabama. 258,543.
Definition of 'birmingham'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
2. (noun)Birmingham, Brummagem a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
Definitions of 'birmingham'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. birmingham in the NW. of Warwickshire, 112 m. NW. of London by rail; is the chief town of the Midlands, and celebrated all over the world for its metalware. All kinds of engines and machinery, fine gold, silver, copper, and brass ware, cutlery and ammunition are made here; steel pens, buttons, nails, and screws are specialties. It is a picturesque town with many fine buildings, libraries, art gallery and museums, educational institutions, a cathedral, and a great town-hall, where the triennial musical festival is held. Of this town Burne-Jones was a native, and Priestley, George Dawson, and Dale were dissenting ministers.