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Lackawanna

American  
[lak-uh-won-uh] / ˌlæk əˈwɒn ə /

noun

  1. a city in W New York, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo.


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Kolcharno was an assistant district attorney in Lackawanna County from 2005 to 2011.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2024

Biden won the Democratic stronghold of Lackawanna County, due in large part to Scranton, by nine points in 2020, outperforming Hillary Clinton in 2016 who won the county by under four points.

From Reuters Mar. 22, 2023

As of Monday morning, travel bans were only in place in the city of Lackawanna and half of Buffalo while efforts were made to clear the roadways.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2022

Born and raised in nearby Lackawanna, New York, Sullivan was a summer intern in 1980 at what was then called the Buffalo Evening News.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2022

Dad had walked from our house down to the Lackawanna Station, a distance of about a mile, where he intended to catch a commuters’ train for New York.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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