Carlisle

[kahr-lahyl, kahr-lahyl]

noun

1. John Griffin 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.

2. a city in Cumbria, in NW England.

3. a city in S Pennsylvania.

4. Angling.,  a fishhook having a narrow bend.

Carlisle

/ ˈkɑːlaɪl, kɑːˈlaɪl /

noun

1. Latin name: Luguvallum. a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)

Example Sentences

Richard Elliott and his daughter Anna travelled from Brampton, near Carlisle, to be at the service.

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Stan Carlisle, a small-time hustler and the protagonist of the noirish tale “Nightmare Alley,” starts out as a card sharp, performing sleight-of-hand tricks.

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I took it to a huge Chrysler show in Carlisle, Pa. It won an award there; then I took it to an invite-only car show in Chicago, and it won an award there.

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One of the people impacted by Lilith Fair was a 10-year-old Brandi Carlisle, who was at the front of the line for that first show at the Gorge Amphitheatre in 1997.

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The castle had a rectangular stone tower similar to a keep, a type of heavily fortified stronghold found in castles in Carlisle, Bamburgh and Lancaster in England.

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