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Melburnian

noun

Meaning

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  2. Of, from or relating to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology / 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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