a town in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
2. Mount Blackburn
Blackburn in British English2
(ˈblækbɜːn)
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)
Blackburn in American English
(ˈblækbərn)
1.
city in NW England, in Lancashire: textile center: county district pop. 137,000
2.
Mountmountain in the Wrangell Mountains, SE Alas.: 16,523 ft (5,036 m)