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Birminghamese

Birminghamese adjective: of or relating to the city of Birmingham, England.

Adjective

Birminghamese (comparative more Birminghamese, superlative most Birminghamese)

  1. Of or relating to the city of Birmingham, England.
    • Annie was no different. With her generous Birminghamese attitude, she laid out two dozen candles.2001, Annette Willoughby, Innocent in Africa, Authors OnLine, →ISBN, page 201

Proper noun

Birminghamese

  1. The dialect of English language spoken in the city of Birmingham, England.
    • Such a speaker not only knows which of his words with /aː/ are rendered with /æ/ in Birmingham, but also has a general expectation that words with /aː/ in RP will have either /aː/ or /æ/ in Birminghamese, but not other vowels.1974 June, Martin D. S. Braine, “On What Might Constitute Learnable Phonology”, in Language, volume 50, number 2, →DOI, page 295

Forms of Birminghamese

comparativemore Birminghamese
superlativemost Birminghamese

Origin of Birminghamese

From Birmingham + -ese.

Questions about Birminghamese

What does Birminghamese mean?
Birminghamese means of or relating to the city of Birmingham, England.
What part of speech is Birminghamese?
Birminghamese can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Birminghamese in the dictionary

  1. Birmingham Gardens
  2. Birmingham gauge
  3. Birmingham screwdriver
  4. Birmingham screwdrivers
  5. Birmingham wire gauge
  6. Birminghamese
  7. Birminghamian
  8. Birminghamians
  9. Birminghamise
  10. Birminghamised
  11. Birminghamises

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