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Lisburn

/ ˈlɪzbɜːn /

noun

  1. a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
  2. a district of S Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim and Co Down. Pop: 109 565 (2003 est). Area: 446 sq km (172 sq miles)
“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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Example Sentences

Southward toward Armagh one first comes to Lisburn, noted principally for its great damask industry.

Not long before the Restoration he was offered, and strongly pressed to accept, the post of lecturer at Lisburn, in Ireland.

Monroe fled to Lisburn and thence to Carrickfergus, where he shut himself up till he could obtain reinforcements.

Referring to his ancestors he says that his father had been fifty-six years minister of the French Church in Lisburn.

Lisburn Urban Council has decided to buy an army hut for use as a day nursery.

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