Lancaster

Lancaster

Lancaster, usually derived from the city of Lancaster in England, can refer to:

Geographic locations

Australia

*Lancaster, Victoria

Canada

*Lancaster, New Brunswick
*Lancaster, Ontario
*Lancaster Sound, in Nunavut

England

*Lancaster, Lancashire, a city in northwestern England and the original for which most others are named
**Lancaster Castle, the medieval core of the modern city
**Lancaster Priory, the parish church
**Lancaster University, a leading university 3 miles South of the city
**The City of Lancaster, the local government district containing Lancaster
**The County of Lancaster, an alternate (and historically correct) title for the County palatine (not Shire) of Lancashire
**Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency), a historical political district
**The Honour of Lancaster, the territory controlled from Lancaster, out of which the County of Lancashire formed in the Middle Ages (possibly including the Barony of Kendal)
**Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British duchies
**Duke of Lancaster
**Earl of Lancaster
**House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
*Lanchester, a much smaller town in the ceremonial county of Durham

United States

*Lancaster, California, the largest city with the name
*Lancaster, Illinois
*Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana
*Lancaster, Jefferson County, Indiana
**Patricksburg, Indiana, a community also called Lancaster
*Lancaster, Kansas
*Lancaster, Kentucky
*Lancaster, Massachusetts
*Lancaster, Minnesota
*Lancaster, Missouri
*Lincoln, Nebraska (once known as Lancaster)
*Lancaster, New Hampshire
*Lancaster (town), New York
**Lancaster (village), New York, within the Town of Lancaster
*Lancaster, Ohio
*Lancaster, Pennsylvania
*Lancaster, South Carolina
*Lancaster, Texas
*Lancaster, Virginia
*Lancaster, Wisconsin
*Lancaster County, Nebraska
*Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
*Lancaster County, South Carolina
*Lancaster County, Virginia
*Lancaster Township, Pennsylvania

Military

*Avro Lancaster, the World War II-era bomber aircraft

ports

*Lancaster JetHawks, a minor league baseball team of the California League
*Lancaster Barnstormers, a minor league baseball team of the Atlantic League

Computers

*"Lancaster" (computer game), a 1982 computer game
*Lancaster, the codename for AMD Turion 64 Processor for notebook computers

Businesses

*Lancaster Monaco, a cosmetics and skin care brand based in Monaco

urnames

* Lancaster (surname), people with the surname Lancaster


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  • Lancaster — Lancaster, WI U.S. city in Wisconsin Population (2000): 4070 Housing Units (2000): 1799 Land area (2000): 2.824285 sq. miles (7.314865 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.824285 sq. miles (7.314865 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • LANCASTER — LANCASTER, U.S. city in S.E. Pennsylvania; general population 55,182 (2004); estimated Jewish population, 3,000 (mid 1990s). Lancaster is one of the oldest Jewish communities in the U.S. and was the main city of German settlement from colonial… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Lancaster — Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Joseph Lancaster, casa de C. de Gran Bretaña, en el NO de Inglaterra, antigua cap. del condado de Lancashire; 49 525 h. C. del NE de E.U.A., en el SE del estado de Pensilvania; 57 690 h (área metropolitana, 117 097 h).… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Lancaster [1] — Lancaster (spr. Länkaster, Lancashire [spr. Länkaschihr], Lancas), 1) Grafschaft im Nordwesten von England, am Irischen Meere gelegen u. an die Grafschaften Chester, York, Westmoreland u. Cumberland grenzend; 83,35 QM.; waldig, im Ganzen wenig… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lancaster — prop. n. 1. A city in Northwest England on the river Lune. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5] 2. The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its symbol was a red rose; called also the {House of Lancaster}. [WordNet sense 2] Syn:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lancaster — v. et port du N. E. de l Angleterre, sur l estuaire de la Lune; 125 600 hab. Université. Industries. Lancaster (Burton Stephen Lancaster, dit Burt) (1912 1994) acteur américain, héros de films policiers (les Tueurs, 1946), de westerns (Vera Cruz …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lancaster, CA — U.S. city in California Population (2000): 118718 Housing Units (2000): 41745 Land area (2000): 93.998662 sq. miles (243.455407 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.178409 sq. miles (0.462076 sq. km) Total area (2000): 94.177071 sq. miles (243.917483 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Lancaster, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 291 Housing Units (2000): 117 Land area (2000): 0.222556 sq. miles (0.576417 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.222556 sq. miles (0.576417 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Lancaster, KY — U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 3734 Housing Units (2000): 1758 Land area (2000): 1.777747 sq. miles (4.604344 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.777747 sq. miles (4.604344 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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