| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Melba, Dame Nellie |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mel·ba |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m l b |
| DATES: | 1861–1931 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Helen Porter Mitchell. |
| Australian soprano primarily with London's Covent Garden (1889–1926) and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1893–1911).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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