Shiloh

American

[shahy-loh] / ˈʃaɪ loʊ /

noun

a national park in SW Tennessee: Civil War battle 1862.
an ancient town in central Palestine, west of the Jordan River.

Shiloh British

/ ˈʃaɪləʊ /

noun

a town in central ancient Palestine, in Canaan on the E slope of Mount Ephraim: keeping place of the tabernacle and the ark; destroyed by the Philistines

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Example Sentences

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“You think of segregation as history, but it’s something they lived through,” her classmate Shiloh Durrett, 19, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The team reports that post-domestication wolf ancestry occurs across a broad range of breeds, from the large Shiloh shepherd to the tiny chihuahua.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

Amichai Luria, a long-time settler from Ma'ale Levona and manager of a winery in the nearby settlement of Shiloh, told me the current focus on settler violence was overblown.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

The play, directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos, also stars Shiloh Fernandez.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

“If Becky ever fell in the creek, I’ll bet Shiloh would pull her out,” Ma says.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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