Shannon

[shan-uhn]

noun

1. Claude Elwood 1916–2001, U.S. applied mathematician: early developer of information theory.

2. a river flowing SW from N Ireland to the Atlantic: the principal river of Ireland. 240 miles (386 km) long.

3. international airport in W Ireland, near Limerick.

4. a female given name.

Shannon

¹

/ ˈʃænən /

noun

1. a river in the Republic of Ireland, rising in NW Co Cavan and flowing south to the Atlantic by an estuary 113 km (70 miles) long: the longest river in the Republic of Ireland. Length: 260 km (161 miles)

Shannon

²

/ ˈʃænən /

noun

1. Claude ( Elwood ). 1916–2000, US mathematician, who first developed information theory

Example Sentences

Judge Shannon then volunteered that both of his daughters got their ears pierced at Claire’s.

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About 75% of those 50 and older want to remain in their homes as they age, says Shannon Guzman, AARP’s senior director for housing and livable communities.

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One fan, identified by Milwaukee media as an attorney named Shannon Kobylarczyk, responded by threatening to call U.S.

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Shannon Stevenson, the state’s solicitor general, told the court that the law doesn’t ban healthcare providers from sharing their views outside of the counseling room, or regulate life-coaches or religious ministers.

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It involves itself, for instance, in the setting of technical standards, according to Shannon K. O’Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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