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Shands

Shands proper noun: a surname. Also the plural of Shand.

Proper noun

Shands (countable and uncountable, plural Shandses)

  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.

Also used as

Shands is also the plural of Shand.

Forms of Shands

pluralShandses

Origin of Shands

Two possible origins: * Variant of Scottish Shand, with the English patronymic suffix -s. * Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schantz.

Questions about Shands

What does Shands mean?
Shands means a surname.
What part of speech is Shands?
Shands is a proper noun.

Words near Shands in the dictionary

  1. Shandra
  2. shandries
  3. shandry
  4. shandrydan
  5. shandrydans
  6. Shands
  7. Shandses
  8. shandy
  9. shandygaff
  10. shandygaffs
  11. Shane

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