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Lancashire

//ˈlæŋkəʃə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A maritime county in the north-west of England bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Merseyside.

    "The 27-year-old got a bat today , sticking around while Sajid Mahmood was salvaging the Lancashire second innings with 55 not out, but how much bowling and what good it will do him ahead of England's first Test against Bangladesh next Thursday is open to doubt."

  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
  3. 3
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of cheese made in Lancashire, England. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Lancastreschire, from Lancastre (“Lancaster”) + schire (“shire, county”). By surface analysis, Lanca(ster) + -shire.

Etymology 2

From Middle English Lancastreschire, from Lancastre (“Lancaster”) + schire (“shire, county”). By surface analysis, Lanca(ster) + -shire.

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