Birmingham Syllabification: (Bir·ming·ham)Definition of Birmingham 1 /ˈbərmiNGˌham/ an industrial city in north central Alabama; population 228,798 (est. 2008). 2 /ˈbərmiNGˌham/ a city in southeastern Michigan, north of Detroit; population 18,932 (est. 2008). 3 /ˈbərmiNGəm/ an industrial city in west central England; population 945,700 (est. 2009). Birmingham in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Birmingham in the British & World English dictionary