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Shenandoah

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/

Shenandoah proper noun: a neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.

Proper noun

Shenandoah

  1. A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
  2. A city in Fremont County and Page County, Iowa, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  4. A community in East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, United States.
  5. A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. A city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
  7. A subdivision and neighbourhood of Houston, Texas.
  8. A town in Page County, Virginia, United States.
  9. The Shenandoah River: A tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
    • Here Shenandoah brawls along, / And burly Blue-Ridge echoes strong1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
  10. The Shenandoah Valley in which the river runs.

Origin of Shenandoah

From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu꞉tú (“deer”) or kanʌʼtú꞉saʼ (“hemlock”).

Words formed from Shenandoah

Phrases with Shenandoah

Questions about Shenandoah

What does Shenandoah mean?
Shenandoah means a neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
What part of speech is Shenandoah?
Shenandoah is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shenandoah?
Shenandoah is pronounced /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/.

Words near Shenandoah in the dictionary

  1. Shen-yang
  2. shenachie
  3. shenachies
  4. shenai
  5. shenais
  6. Shenandoah
  7. Shenandoah beard
  8. Shenandoah beards
  9. Shenandoah County
  10. shenango
  11. shenangoes

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