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Lancashire
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English
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thumb|County Boundary, at Portsmouth, West Yorkshire
Alternative forms
en Lancanshire nonstandard
Etymology
From en enm Lancastreschire, from enm Lancastre Lancaster + enm schire shire, county. en Lancaster Lanca(ster) -shire.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlæŋkəʃə/ /ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-Lancashire.wav UK
en American English
Proper noun
en A maritime <<county>> in the north-west of <<cc/England>> bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Merseyside.
en Lancs
en Mike Averis Warwickshire's Andrew Miller takes five wickets then Lancashire bite back w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/may/18/lancashire-warwickshire-county-championship 2010-05-18 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260104044642/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/may/18/lancashire-warwickshire-county-championship
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Usage notes
Not to be confused with Lanarkshire.
Derived terms
en Lancashire boiler Lancashire Heeler Lancashire hotpot Lancashire over the sands Lancashire over the water Lancashire peeler Lancashire wrestling West Lancashire
Translations
county in the north-west of England
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 蘭開夏 Lánkāixià, cmn 蘭開夏郡 Lánkāixiàjùn, cmn 蘭開郡 Lánkāijùn
Esperanto: eo Lankaŝiro
Middle English: enm Lancastreschire
Polish: pl Lancashire n
Russian: ru Ла́нкашир m
Noun
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A type of cheese made in Lancashire, England.
Anagrams
en aacehilnrs hernial sac
en Cheeses