Shaw

From shaw

• Rhymes: -ɔː

Shaw (countable and uncountable, plural Shaws)

1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
2. A placename
   1. A place in England, United Kingdom:
      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). ^[1]
      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). ^[2]
   2. 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.

• → Translingual: shawii

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

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

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

Shaw (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien