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Lakeland

American  
[leyk-luhnd] / ˈleɪk lənd /

noun

  1. a city in central Florida.


Lakeland British  
/ ˈleɪkˌlænd /

noun

  1. another name for the Lake District

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Lake District

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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PBS and its Lakeland, Minn., member station also sued in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Back in Lakeland, Israel Vázquez takes no credit for feeding the baby that first night or the ones after.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The three markets where underwater mortgages were most common were Lakeland, Fla., Cape Coral, Fla., and Austin, Texas.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Celeste grew up in Lake Elsinore, a first-generation daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, and attended Lakeland Village School.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

It was on the way back from the tournament in Lakeland, and Webb was our head coach that day because Coach Trent was away on a business trip.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner