Melburnian
Meanings
Noun
- A native or inhabitant of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia.
Adjective
- Of, from or relating to Melbourne.
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Origin
- From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, -ian.
- The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.'
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