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Lan.

Lan. is the abbreviation of Lancashire.

Meaning of Lancashire

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.
    • 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.2010 May 18, Mike Averis, “Warwickshire's Andrew Miller takes five wickets then Lancashire bite back”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026
    Synonyms:
    Lancs
  2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
  3. A surname.

See all 4 meanings of Lancashire

Questions about Lan.

What is Lan. the abbreviation of?
Lan. is the abbreviation of Lancashire.

Words near Lan. in the dictionary

  1. Lan Tao
  2. Lan Tau
  3. Lan Xang
  4. Lan-chou
  5. Lan-t'ien
  6. Lan.
  7. lana
  8. lanadoxin
  9. lanafolein
  10. Lanagan
  11. Lanagans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lan. (page history and authors); Lancashire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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