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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama [syn: Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South]
2: a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center [syn: Birmingham, Brummagem]

Merriam Webster's

geographical name 1. city N central Alabama population 242,820 2. city W central England capital of West Midlands population 934,900

Britannica Concise

City (pop., 1996 est.: 259,000), N central Alabama. It is Alabama's largest city. Founded in 1871 by a land company backed by railroad officials, it was named for the English city. It developed as the South's iron and steel center. From nearby Port Birmingham a barge canal leads south to Mobile. Birmingham was the scene of civil-rights drives by M. L. King, Jr., in the early 1960s, and in 1963 four black girls were killed in a church bombing; this incident served as a major impetus in the civil rights movement..City (pop., 1995 est.: 1,018,000), central England. It lies 100 mi (160 km) northwest of London. Its first charter was granted in 1166. It was a small manufacturing town until the 18th cent., when it became a center of the Industrial Revolution, counting among its citizens J. Watt, J. Priestley, and J. Baskerville. It suffered heavy bombing during World War II but was subsequently rebuilt. It remains the chief center of Britain's light and medium industry, and is also the cultural center for a wide area. With two universities, it is also the site of a grammar school founded by King Edward VI in 1552.