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

"He always had a view in the dressing room, as you could imagine," says Mark Hughes, who managed Bellamy with Wales, Blackburn and Manchester City.

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council said a road surface had collapsed at a new housing estate in Green Field, near Pole Lane, in Darwen, with emergency services called to the scene.

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In May, Blackburn Rovers withdrew from WSL 2 because the club's owners were unwilling to meet the league's new requirements.

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Alan Shearer was in his prime and in the starting lineup for Blackburn when the English Premier League kicked off its first season 33 summers ago.

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Mr O'Brien brought the claim alongside Paul Blackburn, who spent 24 years in prison for a 1978 child murder in north-west England that he did not commit.

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