Shaw

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English

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Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • → Translingual: shawii

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Shaw (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

  1. a surname from Hokkien

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