Lancashire

[ lang-kuh-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. a county in NW England. 1,174 sq. mi. (3,040 sq. km).

Lancashire

/ ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə; -ʃə /

noun

1. a county of NW England, on the Irish Sea: became a county palatine in 1351 and a duchy attached to the Crown; much reduced in size after the 1974 boundary changes, losing the Furness district to Cumbria and much of the south to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool became independent unitary authorities in 1998. It was traditionally a cotton textiles manufacturing region. Administrative centre: Preston. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 1 147 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2889 sq km (1115 sq miles) Lancs
2. a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture

Example Sentences

Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Lancashire, England, has been offering up their goats to make spontaneous, up-close appearances in virtual meetings anywhere in the world.

From Washington Post

Evans is scheduled to appear in court in Preston, Lancashire, on September 18.

From The Daily Beast

The six soldiers all came from the same British regiment, the Lancashire Fusiliers.

From The Daily Beast

According to published reports, a couple, one of whom is a member of the armed forces, were arrested in Lancashire.

From The Daily Beast

Snuff is very extensively used in the mills and factories of Lancashire.

From Project Gutenberg

The cattle here are large and well-shaped, something like our own Lancashire breed, and mottled in colour, though mostly red.

From Project Gutenberg

In Cheshire and Lancashire the word is in common use to this day, and invariably means starved for want of food.

From Project Gutenberg

They were preserved on the lands of some abbeys; for instance, by the Abbats of Whalley, Lancashire.

From Project Gutenberg

Lancashire and Cheshire had benefited much by Irish yarn, 4,000 hands being employed in weaving it at Manchester alone.

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