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Definition: Blantyre

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. City in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi.[Wordnet].

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Date "Blantyre" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1696. (references)

Common Expressions: Blantyre

Expressions Definition
Blantyre District Blantyre is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Blantyre. The district covers an area of 2,012 km.² and has a population of 809,397. (references)
Blantyre Mining Disaster The Blantyre mining disaster which happened on the morning of October 22, 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was and remains Scotland’s worst. Blantyre Colliery, William Dixons pit numbers 1 and 2 both blasted killing 207 miners. It was known that fire damp was present in the pit and it is likely that this was ignited by a naked flame. (references)
Blantyre Victoria F.C. Blantyre Victoria Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in the town of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed the Vics, they were formed in 1890 and play at Castle Park where their record attendance is 6,000. They currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play in blue and white strips (uniforms). (references)
Lord Blantyre The title of Lord Blantyre was a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created in 1606 and became extinct in 1900. (references)
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre Walter Stewart (d. 1617), 1st Lord Blantyre, was a Scottish nobleman. (references)

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Extended Definition: Blantyre


Blantyre

The name Blantyre may refer to various places:

  • Blantyre, Malawi and the Blantyre District
  • Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Blantyre". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: Blantyre

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Blantyre railway station 8     Archdiocese of Blantyre 4
Prior of Blantyre 7     Blantyre 3
Blantyre Victoria F.C. 6     Blantyre Celtic F.C. 3
Blantyre mining disaster 5     Blantyre Coma Scale 4
Blantyre Coma Scale 4     Blantyre District 3
Archdiocese of Blantyre 4     Blantyre mining disaster 5
Lord Blantyre 4     Blantyre railway station 8
High Blantyre Primary 4     Blantyre Victoria F.C. 6
Blantyre District 3     High Blantyre Primary 4
Blantyre Celtic F.C. 3     Lord Blantyre 4
Blantyre 3     Prior of Blantyre 7
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre 2     Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).