Sharon

American  

[shuh-rohn, shar-uhn] / ʃəˈroʊn, ˈʃær ən /

noun

1. Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.

2. a fertile coastal plain in ancient Palestine: now a coastal region N of Tel Aviv in Israel.

3. a city in W Pennsylvania.

4. a town in E Massachusetts.

5. Also Sharen a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “a plain or flat area.”

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Sharon ¹ British  

/ ʃəˈrɒn /

noun

1. Ariel (ˈærɪəl). born 1928, Israeli soldier and politician; Likud prime minister (2001–06)

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Sharon ² British  

/ ˈʃærən /

noun

1. a plain in W Israel, between the Mediterranean and the hills of Samaria, extending from Haifa to Tel Aviv

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Example Sentences

Sharon Kedmi, director general of the Israel Airports Authority, told reporters the re-opening will begin "very cautiously, with one aircraft per hour during the first 24 hours -- a narrow-body aircraft".

From Barron's

She said that information in one of the articles was either already in the public domain or "almost certainly came from a freelance contact" who she identified as Sharon Feinstein.

From BBC

"Sharon had a very strong source in Sadie Frost Law's social circle or family and was able to get excellent information from that source, so I would usually speak to her," Lampert said.

From BBC

His aunt Sharon MacFadyen told the Court of Session in Edinburgh that she did not have words for how horrific the family's experience had been.

From BBC

Sharon Horton stepped through the door of a sky-blue mobile clinic and onto a Skid Row sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times