Blackburn

UK: /ˈblækbɜːn/ US: (blak′bərn)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

Black•burn  (blak′bərn), n. 

1. Place Names a city in central Lancashire, in NW England. 142,200.
2. Place Names Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, in the Wrangel Mountains. 16,140 ft. (4920 m).

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Blackburn / ˈblækbɜːn/ noun

1. a town in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
2. Mount Blackburn ⇒ a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 4996 m (16 391 ft)

Blackburn / ˈblækbɜːn/ noun

1. Elizabeth (Helen). born 1948, Australian biologist who, with Carol W Greider and Jack W Szostak, discovered the enzyme telomerase, for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009)