Blackburn

[blak-bern]

noun

1. a city in central Lancashire, in NW England.

2. Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, in the Wrangel Mountains. 16,140 feet (4,920 meters).

Blackburn

/ ˈblækbɜːn /

noun

1. a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)

2. a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)

Example Sentences

Cole bagged 34 goals for Newcastle in 1993-94 and Shearer netted the same number for Blackburn the following season - still the record haul for English strikers in the Premier League era, albeit in 42-game seasons.

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Shearer, who starred for Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle in his career, said last month Haaland has a "brilliant chance" of breaking the record, external.

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He is like my old Blackburn strike partner Alan Shearer in that you just know it will happen.

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Sheffield United, who only missed out on promotion last season in the play-off final, climbed out of the relegation zone thanks to a 3-1 win at Blackburn.

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The win takes Middlesbrough two points clear of Coventry, who host Blackburn on Saturday.

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