"Shannon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃænən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shannon.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ænən Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Sionainn. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ga|Sionainn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Irish Sionainn, {{bor+|en|ga|Sionainn}} Borrowed from Irish Sionainn Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shannon
  1. The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean. Categories (place): Places in Ireland, Rivers in Ireland
    Sense id: en-Shannon-en-name-RsBYicrl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 14 22 6 24
  2. A town in County Clare, Ireland, at the mouth of that river, and its nearby international airport. Categories (place): Places in County Clare, Ireland, Places in Ireland, Towns in County Clare, Ireland, Towns in Ireland
    Sense id: en-Shannon-en-name-5gFMq7r5
  3. A sea area, to the west of Ireland, centred on the estuary of this river.
    Sense id: en-Shannon-en-name-5YBDlZVM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 14 22 6 24
  4. A small town in Horowhenua District, North Island, New Zealand. Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Towns in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Shannon-en-name-XAknCxn3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 14 22 6 24
  5. A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Shanahan, anglicised from Ó Seanaigh (“descendant of a person named Old”).
    Sense id: en-Shannon-en-name-twcN3sEf Categories (other): English surnames
  6. 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. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names Categories (place): English unisex given names from place names, Airports
    Sense id: en-Shannon-en-name-~dWy~8Pg Disambiguation of Airports: 21 11 11 19 7 31 Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 14 22 6 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Carrick-on-Shannon, Shannon capacity, Shannon coding, Shannon County, Shannon encoding, Shannon entropy, Shannon limit, Shannon stopover Translations (river): An tSionainn [feminine] (Irish), Yn Çhannon [feminine] (Manx), शॅनन (śĕnan) [feminine] (Marathi), Ше́ннон (Šénnon) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'river': 27 29 24 0 0 20

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "word": "Yn Çhannon"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śĕnan",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शॅनन"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Šénnon",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ше́ннон"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Shannon"
  ],
  "word": "Shannon"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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