Shaw

See also: shaw

English

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Shaw

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː

Proper noun

Shaw (countable and uncountable, plural Shaws)

1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
2. A place name, including:
   1. A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9308).
   2. A village near Newbury, Berkshire, England.
   3. A village near Melksham, Wiltshire, England.
   4. An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
   5. A small city in Mississippi, United States.
   6. A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
   7. A neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.

Derived terms

• Shaw Cross
• Shaw Mayer's astrapia
• Shaw's agave
• Shawswick

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: shawii

Anagrams

• -wash, Haws, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 蕭／萧 (Siau) or 邵 (Siàu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/ [ˈʃaʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈsjaw/ [ˈsaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: Shaw
• Homophones: Shao, Shau, Siao, Syaw

Proper noun

Shaw (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien

See also

• Shao
• Shau
• Siao
• Syaw