# Melbourne

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmelbn̩/ · frequency rank #3,894

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Victoria, Australia and former capital of Australia (1901–1927).
2. A community in the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A township municipality of Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
4. A market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England, located in the East Midlands (OS grid ref SK3825).
5. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
6. A small city, the county seat of Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States, previously spelt Melburne.
8. A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
9. A small city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States.
10. A tiny home rule city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States.
11. A surname.

## Etymology
Named after the 2nd Viscount of Melbourne, Derbyshire, itself deriving from the Old English mylen (“mill”) + burne (“stream”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`emlbourne`, `meblourne`, `melbbourne`, `melborune`, `melbounre`, `melbouren`, `melbournne`, `melbourrne`, `melbuorne`, `mellbourne`, `meloburne`, `mlebourne`, `mmelbourne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/melbourne