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BRUMMAGEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brummagem mean?
• BRUMMAGEM (noun)
The noun BRUMMAGEM has 1 sense:
1. a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
Familiarity information: BRUMMAGEM used as a noun is very rare.
• BRUMMAGEM (adjective)
The adjective BRUMMAGEM has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BRUMMAGEM used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Birmingham; Brummagem
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Brummagem" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cheap and showy
Context example:
a cheap Brummagem imitation
Similar:
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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