a county of NW England, on the Irish Sea: became a county palatine in 1351 and a duchy attached to the Crown; much reduced in size after the 1974 boundary changes, losing the Furness district to Cumbria and much of the south to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool became independent unitary authorities in 1998. It was traditionally a cotton textiles manufacturing region. Administrative centre: Preston. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 1 147 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2889 sq km (1115 sq miles)
Abbreviation: Lancs
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Lan•ca•shire
(lang′kə shēr′, -shər),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa county in NW England. 1,369,250;
1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km). Also called Lancaster.
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'Lancashire' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Atherton
- Blackburn
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Burnley
- Chorley
- Fleetwood
- Fylde
- Heysham
- Lancashire chair
- Lancaster
- Lancastrian
- Lancs
- Liverpool
- Lytham Saint Anne's
- Morecambe
- Nelson
- North
- Northwest
- Preston
- Ribble
- Skelmersdale
- West Riding
- Windermere
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- chowderhead