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Lanarkshire
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English
Etymology
en :af Lanark -shire + 1
Proper noun
en traditional county cc/Scotland.
en 1 March 2026 Jonathan Geddes Could a huge data centre revitalise Ayrshire - or ruin it? BBC News Last autumn, Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) - a company with a background in clean energy development and battery storage projects - announced ambitious plans for a data cluster called the Stoics, spread across sites in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife. 5 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260515231822/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d1ny161yyo
Usage notes
Not to be confused with Lancashire in England.
Synonyms
en County of Lanark
Derived terms
en lanarkite North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire
Translations
former county of Scotland
Marathi: mr लॅनर्कशर
Scottish Gaelic: gd Siorrachd Lannraig