Lancashire
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noun
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Lancs. a county of NW England, on the Irish Sea: became a county palatine in 1351 and a duchy attached to the Crown; much reduced in size after the 1974 boundary changes, losing the Furness district to Cumbria and much of the south to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool became independent unitary authorities in 1998. It was traditionally a cotton textiles manufacturing region. Administrative centre: Preston. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 1 147 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2889 sq km (1115 sq miles)
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a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture
Example Sentences
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The MoJ also announced that it had signed a contract to start building a new jail for 1,700 hundred inmates in Lancashire.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Cross, who played in The Hundred final for Sunrisers Leeds last weekend, is due to play the reminder of the season for Lancashire, including against The Blaze on Sunday in Nottingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But how does that benefit Lancashire more broadly?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Lancashire chief executive Daniel Gidney, also on the board of MSG, says there's no choice but to be bold in a rebrand.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
You are picking this stuff, and almost all of the processing was done in Lancashire, or the North.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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