Lancashire

American  

[lang-kuh-sheer, -sher] / ˈlæŋ kəˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

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

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Lancashire British  

/ ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1.  Lancs.  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)

2. a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture

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Example Sentences

Areas of Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, southern parts of Wales, and Yorkshire and Lancashire in England recorded the most seismic activity overall.

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Nigel Walker, from Morecambe in Lancashire, has been a carer linked to the National Fostering Group for more than a decade with his wife Penny.

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Sophie Claxton, from Burnley, Lancashire, was 16 and in her first year at college when her mother took her to a GP after her temperature rocketed and she struggled to get out of bed.

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Instead, they have watched Australia dismantle the tourists in just 11 days from their family home in Penwortham, Lancashire.

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Ken Shuttleworth:, external Won five Test caps for England and played for Lancashire and Leicestershire.

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