Lisburn

/ ˈlɪzbɜːn /

noun

1. a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
2. a district of S Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim and Co Down. Pop: 109 565 (2003 est). Area: 446 sq km (172 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Southward toward Armagh one first comes to Lisburn, noted principally for its great damask industry.

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Not long before the Restoration he was offered, and strongly pressed to accept, the post of lecturer at Lisburn, in Ireland.

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Monroe fled to Lisburn and thence to Carrickfergus, where he shut himself up till he could obtain reinforcements.

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Referring to his ancestors he says that his father had been fifty-six years minister of the French Church in Lisburn.

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Lisburn Urban Council has decided to buy an army hut for use as a day nursery.

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