Lancashire

[lang-kuh-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. a county in NW England. 1,174 sq. mi. (3,040 sq. km).

Lancashire

/ ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. 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)

2. a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture

Example Sentences

The firm, established in Lancashire in 1970, said the majority of its stores will continue to trade as normal while it explores "options" including looking for a buyer.

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His team looked at vaping in English secondary schools in seven police force areas over the past two academic years, including Lancashire, London and Greater Manchester.

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Reform's deputy leader has refused to rule out fracking in Lancashire, despite the Reform-led county council ruling out a return to drilling.

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For this exercise, we took a calculation of the centre of the UK being a location in Lancashire and figured out the distance from that point to the franchise's stadium in the US.

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On 8 February 2024, a month after staking out Mr Scott's home and two gyms he trained at, he ambushed his victim outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

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