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durham

Dur·ham
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dur-uh m, duhr-]
    • /ˈdɜr əm, ˈdʌr-/
    • /ˈdʌrəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dur-uh m, duhr-]
    • /ˈdɜr əm, ˈdʌr-/

Definitions of durham word

  • noun durham a county in NE England. 940 sq. mi. (2435 sq. km). 1
  • noun durham a city in this county. 1
  • noun durham a city in N North Carolina. 1
  • noun durham a town in SE New Hampshire. 1
  • noun durham Animal Husbandry. Shorthorn. 1
  • noun durham a former administrative county of NE England; became a unitary authority in 2009; on the North Sea: rises to the N Pennines in the west: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (both part of Cleveland until 1996) and Darlington (created in 1997). Administrative centre: Durham. Pop (of Durham unitary authority): 494 200 (2003 est). Area (of Durham unitary authority): 2434 sq km (940 sq miles) 0
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durham popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • darlington

    an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)

  • north riding

    a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in N England, now part of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.

  • shorthorn

    one of an English breed of red, white, or roan beef cattle, some having short horns and some naturally hornless.

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    Golf. Also called teeing ground. the starting place, usually a hard mound of earth, at the beginning of play for each hole. a small wooden, plastic, metal, or rubber peg from which the ball is driven, as in teeing off.

  • yorkshire

    Also called York, Yorks [yawrks] /yɔrks/ (Show IPA). a former county in N England, now part of Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
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