Shaw

See also: shaw

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː

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 in England:
   1. A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish and Newbury parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS red ref SU4868).
   2. A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9308).
   3. A hamlet in Oxenhope parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0234).
   4. A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8865).
   5. A suburb and ward in west Swindon, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1185).
3. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
   2. A small city in Bolivar County and Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
   3. A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
   4. A neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.

Derived terms

• Shaw and Crompton
• Shaw Cross
• Shaw cum Donnington
• Shaw Mayer's astrapia
• Shaw's agave
• Shawswick

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: shawii

Anagrams

• -wash, Haws, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/ [ˈʃaʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈsjaw/ [ˈsjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: Shaw
• Homophones: Shao, Shau, Siao, Syaw

Proper noun

Shaw (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien

See also

• Shao
• Shau
• Siao
• Syaw