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Lancaster
LAN-kas-tuh
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A city in Lancashire, England, and the name of a historic English royal house; also many towns across the United States, Canada, and Australia.
"The House of Lancaster fought the Wars of the Roses against the House of York."
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Etymology
From Old English, "the Roman fort on the River Lune," from Lune plus ceaster ("town").