Lancashire

English

County Boundary, at Portsmouth, West Yorkshire

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlæŋkəʃə/, /ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə/

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Proper noun

Lancashire

1. A maritime county in the north-west of England bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Merseyside.
   • 2010 May 18, Mike Averis, “Warwickshire's Andrew Miller takes five wickets then Lancashire bite back”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Lanarkshire.

Derived terms

• 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: 蘭開夏 / 兰开夏 (Lánkāixià), 蘭開夏郡 / 兰开夏郡 (zh) (Lánkāixiàjùn), 蘭開郡 / 兰开郡 (Lánkāijùn)

• Esperanto: Lankaŝiro
• Middle English: Lancastreschire
• Russian: Ла́нкашир m (Lánkašir)

Noun

Lancashire (countable and uncountable, plural Lancashires)

1. A type of cheese made in Lancashire, England.

Anagrams

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