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Ashton-under-Lyne
[ ash-tuhn-uhn-der-lahyn ]
/ ˈæʃ tənˌʌn dərˈlaɪn /
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noun
a borough in Greater Manchester metropolitan county, in W England.
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How to use Ashton-under-Lyne in a sentence
Born at Preston in 1859, the son of a doctor afterwards in practice at Ashton-under-Lyne, he inherited no literary traditions.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne
/ (laɪn) /
noun
a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 43 236 (2001)
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