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Blackpool

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Blackpool city (1991 pop. 146,297) and district, Lancashire, NW England, on the Irish Sea. Famed as a traditionally working-class resort (with often inhospitable weather), Blackpool has 7 mi (11.3 km) of beaches and promenades, many sport and amusement facilities, and a tower 520 ft (158 m) high, modeled on the Eiffel Tower . Since the 1970s, however, tourism has been hurt by inexpensive travel abroad. Its manufactures include electronics and transportation equipment. A major conference and convention center, Blackpool hosted the Labour party's annual meeting for 70 years before 1998.

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Blackpool

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Blackpool Town on the Irish Sea, Lancashire, nw England. One of Britain's most popular resorts, it has 11km (7mi) of sandy beaches, a 158m (520ft) tower (built 1895), many indoor and outdoor entertainments and a promenade which is illuminated every autumn. Industries: confectionery, tourism. Pop. (2000 est.) 150,700.

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Blackpool

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Blackpool, Canada, UK UK (England): ‘Dark‐coloured Pool’ from the Old English blæc ‘black’ and pōl. The city is named after a stretch of dark, peaty water about a kilometre from the sea.

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Blackpool

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Blackpool Bpool. Pul c.1260, Blackpoole 1602. ‘Dark-coloured pool’. OE blæc + *pull.

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Blackpool

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Blackpool •Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, cool, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, sool, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tool, tulle, you'll, yule •mutule • kilojoule • playschool •intercool • Blackpool •ampoule (US ampule) • cesspool •Hartlepool • Liverpool • whirlpool •ferrule, ferule •curule • cucking-stool • faldstool •toadstool • footstool • animalcule •granule • capsule • ridicule • molecule •minuscule • fascicule • graticule •vestibule • reticule • globule •module, nodule •floccule • noctule • opuscule •pustule • majuscule • virgule

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