a former administrative county of NE England; became a unitary authority in 2009; on the North Sea: rises to the N Pennines in the west: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (both part of Cleveland until 1996) and Darlington (created in 1997). Administrative centre: Durham. Pop (of Durham unitary authority): 494 200 (2003 est). Area (of Durham unitaryauthority): 2434 sq km (940 sq miles)
Abbreviation: Dur.
2.
a city in NE England, administrative centre of Co Durham, on the River Wear: Norman cathedral; 11th-century castle (founded by William the Conqueror), now occupied by the University of Durham (1832). Pop: 42 939 (2001)
3.
a rare variety of shorthorn cattle
shorthorn
Durham in American English1
(ˈdɜrəm)
noun
Obsolete
shorthorn
Word origin
see Durham2: after the county, where orig. bred
Durham in American English2
(ˈdɜrəm)
1.
county in N England, on the North Sea: 938 sq mi (2,429 sq km); pop. 593,000
2.
its county seat, on the Wear: county district pop. 89,000