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Blackburn

BLAK-buhn
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An English surname, and a large town in Lancashire, England from which it derives.
"Blackburn Rovers is a football club based in Lancashire."

Word Forms

Blackburns plural

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Etymology

From Old English words meaning "dark" and "stream."

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