Lancaster
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈlænkæstə(ɹ)/, /ˈlæŋkəstə(ɹ)/, /ˈlaŋkəstə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈlæn.kæs.tɚ/, /ˈlæŋk.ɨ.stɚ/, /ˈlæŋk.ə.stəɹ/
Proper noun
  1. Surname
    • 2015, Neil Chakraborti, Jon Garland, Responding to Hate Crime: The Case for Connecting Policy and Research
      Sylvia Lancaster is the founder of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, a campaigning charitable organisation formed in the wake of her daughter Sophie's tragic murder in 2007.
  2. The House of Lancaster, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster; their symbol was a red rose.
  3. The City of Lancaster, a UK local government district with city status in Lancashire in North West England. Its main settlement is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status.
  4. A city in Lancashire, in northwest.
  5. A locality in Shire of Campaspe,City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria.
  6. Several places in Canada:
    1. .
    2. A ghost town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
    3. A community in South Glengarry, in eastern.
    4. A small community in St. Catharines, Ontario.
  7. Several places in the United States:
    1. A populated place in Yavapai County, Arizona.
    2. A ghost town in Crawford County, Arkansas.
    3. A charter city in Los Angeles County, California.
    4. An unincorporated community in Wabash County, Illinois.
    5. An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Huntington County.
    6. An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County.
    7. .
    8. A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas.
    9. A small city/county seat in Garrard County, Kentucky.
    10. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    11. A tiny city in Kittson County, Minnesota.
    12. A small city/county seat in Schuyler County, Missouri.
    13. A town/county seat in Coos County, New Hampshire.
    14. CDP in Coos County, New Hampshire, within the town of the same name.
    15. A town/and/village in Erie County, New York.
    16. A city/county seat in Fairfield County, Ohio.
    17. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
    18. A city/county seat in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    19. A city/county seat in Lancaster County, South Carolina.
    20. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee.
    21. A city in Dallas County, Texas.
    22. An unincorporated community/county seat in Lancaster County, Virginia.
    23. A city/county seat in Grant County, Wisconsin.
  8. (aircraft) A type of four-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during World War 2.
Translations
  • Portuguese: Lancastre



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