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Shalott

Shalott proper noun: legendary place in Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott and elsewhere, identified with Guildford by Malory.

Proper noun

Shalott

  1. Legendary place in Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott and elsewhere, identified with Guildford by Malory.

Origin of Shalott

The variation between Ast- and Asc- suggest that it comes from Welsh ystol, alternate form Welsh ysgol, both meaning ladder (and derived from Latin scala). The suffix is diminutive, probably meaning flight of stairs (since she lived in a tower). Thus lady of the staircase.

Questions about Shalott

What does Shalott mean?
Shalott means legendary place in Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott and elsewhere, identified with Guildford by Malory.
What part of speech is Shalott?
Shalott is a proper noun.

Words near Shalott in the dictionary

  1. shalosh seudos
  2. shalosh seudot
  3. shalosh seudoth
  4. shalot
  5. shalots
  6. Shalott
  7. shaloup
  8. shaloups
  9. shalpha
  10. shalphas
  11. shalst

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