LANCASHIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lancashire mean? 

• LANCASHIRE (noun)
  The noun LANCASHIRE has 1 sense:

1. a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles

  Familiarity information: LANCASHIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANCASHIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Lancashire" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Minerals in Lancashire and Wales.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The results show a strong link between pesticides and colon cancer mortality and as such cannot be ignored, says co-author Francis Martin, based at the University of Central Lancashire’s School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences.

(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)

Behind them marched six hundred Cheshire and Lancashire archers, bearing the badge of the Audleys, followed by the famous Lord Audley himself, with the four valiant squires, Dutton of Dutton, Delves of Doddington, Fowlehurst of Crewe, and Hawkestone of Wainehill, who had all won such glory at Poictiers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)