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Birmingham

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Bir·ming·ham  (bûrmng-hm)
1. also (-m) A city of central England northwest of London. It is a major industrial center and transportation hub. Population: 970,000.
2. A city of north-central Alabama northeast of Tuscaloosa. The largest city in the state, it is in a mining and industrial region. Population: 229,000.
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Noun1.Birmingham - the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
Pittsburgh of the South
Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie, AL - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
2.Birmingham - a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
Brummagem
England - a division of the United Kingdom


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