Blackburn.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A large town in Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England.
A placename: A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8212).
A placename: A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9865).
A placename: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas, United States.
A placename: A small city in Lafayette County and Saline County, Missouri, United States.
A placename: A small town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).
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