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Blackburn in American English
city in NW England, in Lancashire: textile center: county district pop. 137,000

Blackburn in British English 1
noun: a town in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)

Blackburn in British English 2
noun: Elizabeth (Helen). born 1948, Australian biologist who, with Carol W Greider and Jack W Szostak, discovered the enzyme telomerase, for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009)

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