dame nellie melba

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   Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)

   SynonymsMelbaHelen Porter Mitchell

   Broadercoloratura

Questions about dame nellie melba

What does dame nellie melba mean?

dame nellie melba means "Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)".

What is another word for dame nellie melba?

Close synonyms include Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dame nellie melba a common word?

dame nellie melba is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.