English Explanatory Dictionary

Shannon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A town in County Clare, Ireland, at the mouth of that river, and its nearby international airport.
  3. A sea area, to the west of Ireland, centred on the estuary of this river.
  4. A small town in Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand.
  5. A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Shanahan, anglicised from Ó Seanaigh (“descendant of a person named Old”).
  7. A unisex given name transferred from the surname or place name (from the river); first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃænən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shannon.wav

Word forms

Shannon Shannons

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Sionainn.

Derived words

Carrick-on-Shannon Shannon Brook Shannon capacity Shannon coding Shannon County Shannon encoding Shannon entropy Shannonian Shannon information Shannon limit Shannon stopover Shannon Vale

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 香農河 /香农河 Irish: An tSionainn Manx: Yn Çhannon Marathi: शॅनन Russian: Ше́ннон
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