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Shanklin

/ˈʃæŋklɪn/

Shanklin proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).

Proper noun

Shanklin (countable and uncountable, plural Shanklins)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).
  2. A surname.
    • He is a son of James Hopkins and Agnes (Pogue) Shanklin, the former of whom was born on the old homestead of the Shanklin family situated in East May's Lick precinct and the latter on the present site of Ashland, in Boyd county.1912, E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, page 1439

Forms of Shanklin

pluralShanklins

Questions about Shanklin

What does Shanklin mean?
Shanklin means a town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).
What part of speech is Shanklin?
Shanklin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shanklin?
Shanklin is pronounced /ˈʃæŋklɪn/.

Words near Shanklin in the dictionary

  1. Shankland
  2. Shanklands
  3. Shankle
  4. Shankles
  5. shankless
  6. Shanklin
  7. Shanklins
  8. shanks
  9. shanks it
  10. shanks mare
  11. shanks pony

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