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Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy proper noun: a surname from Irish. Also the ellipsis of Shaughnessy Village.

shaughnessy: a surname from Irish
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Proper noun

Shaughnessy (countable and uncountable, plural Shaughnessys or Shaughnessyes or Shaughnessies)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta.
  3. A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Also used as

Shaughnessy is also the ellipsis of Shaughnessy Village.

Forms of Shaughnessy

pluralShaughnessys
pluralShaughnessyes
pluralShaughnessies

Origin of Shaughnessy

From Irish Seachnasaigh.

Words formed from Shaughnessy

Phrases with Shaughnessy

Questions about Shaughnessy

What does Shaughnessy mean?
Shaughnessy means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Shaughnessy?
Shaughnessy is a proper noun.

Words near Shaughnessy in the dictionary

  1. shauchles
  2. shauchling
  3. shaugh
  4. Shaugh Prior
  5. Shaughnessies
  6. Shaughnessy
  7. Shaughnessy playoff
  8. Shaughnessy playoffs
  9. Shaughnessy Village
  10. Shaughnessyes
  11. Shaughnessys

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