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Birmingham

bir·ming·ham

UK/ˈbɜː.mɪŋ.əm/ US/ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əm/ fairly common

noun

Origin

From Old English *Beormingahām, “homestead of the Beormingas, i.e. followers of Beorma”. The latter is a hypocoristic form of a personal name such as Beornmund or Beornmod.

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