durham

Definition of Durham in English :

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Noun

1. durham

a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University

2. durham, shorthorn

English breed of short-horned cattle

shorthorn

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Durham

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noun

1.

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)

. Abbreviation: Dur.

2.

a city in NE England, administrative centre of Co Durham, on the River Wear: Norman cathedral; 11th-century castle (founded by William the Conqueror), now occupied by the University of Durham (1832). Pop: 42 939 (2001)

3.

a rare variety of shorthorn cattle

shorthorn

Durham

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noun

Obsolete

shorthorn

1.

county in N England, on the North Sea: 938 sq mi (2,429 sq km); pop. 593,000

2.

its county seat, on the Wear: county district pop. 89,000

3.

city in north central N.C.: pop. 187,000

Durham

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1. A city of northeast England south of Newcastle. It is noted for its cathedral and castle, built by the Normans in the 1100s.

2. A city of north-central North Carolina near Raleigh and Chapel Hill. Settled c. 1750, it is the seat of Duke University (founded 1838).

n.

See shorthorn.

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