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Shannon stopover

Shannon stopover noun: a compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of Ireland (such as Dublin), which applied to all flights from 1986 to 1993, then half of all flights until its abolition in 2007.

Noun

Shannon stopover (plural Shannon stopovers)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of Ireland (such as Dublin), which applied to all flights from 1986 to 1993, then half of all flights until its abolition in 2007.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Shannon, stopover.

Forms of Shannon stopover

pluralShannon stopovers

Origin of Shannon stopover

From Shannon + stopover.

Questions about Shannon stopover

What does Shannon stopover mean?
Shannon stopover means a compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of Ireland (such as Dublin), which applied to all flights from 1986 to 1993, then half of all flights until its abolition in 2007.
What part of speech is Shannon stopover?
Shannon stopover is a noun.
What is the plural of Shannon stopover?
The plural of Shannon stopover is Shannon stopovers.

Words near Shannon stopover in the dictionary

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  2. Shannon entropy
  3. Shannon information
  4. Shannon limit
  5. Shannon limits
  6. Shannon stopover
  7. Shannon stopovers
  8. Shannon Vale
  9. Shannon's maxim
  10. Shannondale
  11. Shannonian

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