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Melba may refer to: * Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931), Australian soprano opera singer ** ''Melba'' (film), a 1953 musical biopic drama film about Nellie Melba ** ''Melba'' (miniseries), a 1988 Australian mini series about Nellie Melba * Melba Montgomery (born 1938), country music singer * Melba Moore (born 1945), American R&B singer and actress ** ''Melba'' (1976 album) ** ''Melba'' (1978 album) ** ''Melba'' (TV series), a short-lived television series that starred Melba Moore *
Melba Roy Mouton Melba Roy Mouton (1929–1990) was an American mathematician who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers". She served as ...
(died 1990), American NASA scientist *
Melba (apple) Melba is a Canadian cultivar of domesticated apple, which was developed by W. T. Macoun at the Central Experimental Farm, in Ottawa, Ontario by crossing a McIntosh with a Liveland Raspberry apple. It has a yellow skin washed with crimson colour ...
* ''Melba'' (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Staphylinidae


Things named after Nellie Melba

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Peach Melba Peach Melba (french: pêche Melba, pronounced ) is a dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream. It was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London, to honour the Australian soprano ...
, a dessert * Melba toast, a dry, thin, crisp toast often served with soup * Melba, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia * Melba Gully State Park, an environmentally significant area of the Otway Ranges *
Melba Conservatorium Victoria The Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music was a school of music located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During its early days it was closely associated with opera diva Dame Nellie Melba, after whom it was later named. In 1994 it became affil ...
, a music school associated with Victoria University


Other uses

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Melba, Idaho Melba is a city in Canyon County, Idaho. The population was 513 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 439 in 2000. It is part of the Boise metropolitan area. History Melba was founded in 1912 by Clayton C. Todd, who named it after his daug ...
, a small town in the United States * Melba, the name of a monster from the show '' Ultraman Tiga'' {{disambiguation