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English
Etymology
From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu·tú (“deer”) or kanʌʔtú:saʔ (“hemlock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/, (in poetry for metrical purposes) /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ/
Proper noun
Shenandoah
- A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
- A city in Fremont County and Page County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated area and census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A community of East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, United States.
- A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
- A subdivision and neighbourhood of Houston, Texas.
- A town in Page County, Virginia, United States.
- The Shenandoah River: A tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
1862, John Williamson Palmer,
Stonewall Jackson's Way :
- Here Shenandoah brawls along, / And burly Blue-Ridge echoes strong
- The Shenandoah Valley in which the river runs.
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