Birmingham

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Middle English, 1086, from Old English Beormingahām, Bermingehame, from Beorma + ham, "home of Beorma;" first element of uncertain origin but possibly from beorma(“yeast”). More at Beorma.


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Birmingham

industrial city in central England, 1086, Bermingehame, literally "homestead of the place (or people) named for Beorma, some forgotten Anglo-Saxon person, whose name probably is a shortening of Beornmund. The Birmingham in Alabama, U.S., was founded 1871 as an industrial center and named for the English city.