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Shannon stopovers

Shannon stopovers is the plural of Shannon stopover.

Meaning of Shannon stopover

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.

Questions about Shannon stopovers

What is Shannon stopovers the plural of?
Shannon stopovers is the plural of Shannon stopover.

Words near Shannon stopovers in the dictionary

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

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