Shannon may refer to:
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Shannon (given name)
Shannon is an Irish language, Irish name, Anglicised from Sionainn. Alternative spellings include Shannen, Shanon, Shannan, Seanan, and Siannon. The variant Shana (disambiguation), Shanna is an Anglicisation of Sionna.
''Sionainn'' derives from th ...
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Shannon (surname)
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Shannon (American singer)
Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958), known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of Freestyle music, freestyle and dance-pop music. She is best known for her single "Let the Music Play (Shannon song), Let the Mus ...
, stage name of singer Brenda Shannon Greene (born 1958)
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Shannon (South Korean singer), British-South Korean singer and actress Shannon Arrum Williams (born 1998)
* Shannon, intermittent stage name of English singer-songwriter
Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde, (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, scoring several 1950s and 1960s hit singles including " E ...
(born 1939)
Places
Australia
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Shannon, Tasmania, a locality
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Hundred of Shannon, a cadastral unit in South Australia
* Shannon, a former name for the area named
Calomba, South Australia
Calomba is a rural locality in South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of A ...
since 1916
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Shannon River (Western Australia)
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Shannon, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Manjimup
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Shannon National Park, a national park in Western Australia
Canada
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Shannon, New Brunswick, a community
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Shannon, Quebec, a city
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Shannon Bay, former name of Darrell Bay, British Columbia
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Shannon Falls
Shannon Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located from Vancouver and south of Squamish along the Sea to Sky Highway.
The park covers an area of . The main point of interest is Shannon Falls, the thi ...
, a waterfall in British Columbia
Ireland
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River Shannon
The River Shannon ( or archaic ') is the major river on the island of Ireland, and at in length, is the longest river in the British Isles. It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of , – approximately one fifth of the area of I ...
, the longest river in Ireland
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Shannon Cave
Shannon may refer to:
People
* Shannon (given name)
* Shannon (surname)
* Shannon (American singer), stage name of singer Brenda Shannon Greene (born 1958)
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, a subterranean section of the River Shannon
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Shannon Pot
Shannon Pot () is a pool in the karst landscape in the townland of Derrylahan near Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan, Ireland. An aquifer-fed naturally fluctuating pool, it is the traditional source of the River Shannon. It has connections, ...
, source of the River Shannon
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Shannon Estuary
The Shannon Estuary in Ireland () is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The estuary has Limerick City at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head to the north and Kerry Head to the south. Th ...
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Shannon, County Clare
Shannon () or Shannon Town (), named after the river near which it stands, is a town in County Clare, Ireland. It was given town status on 1 January 1982. The town is located just off the N19 road, a spur of the N18/M18 road between Limeric ...
, a town near Shannon Airport
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Shannon Region, unofficial region in Ireland
* Shannon, a sea area in the BBC's ''
Shipping Forecast
The ''Shipping Forecast'' is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The for ...
'' weather report
United States
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Shannon, Alabama
Shannon is a small unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, between Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Mi ...
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Shannon, Georgia
Shannon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,862 at the 2010 census.
History
The first set ...
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Shannon, Illinois
Shannon is a village in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 801 at the 2020 census, up from 757 at the 2010 census.
History
Geography
Shannon is located at (42.152039, -89.740211).
According to the 2021 census gazett ...
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Shannon, Kansas
Shannon is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.
History
Shannon was plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United Sta ...
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Shannon, Kentucky
Shannon is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The village lies southwest of Maysville on U.S. Route 62, near the town of Sardis.
The highest point in the community is dominated by the Shannon Methodist Churc ...
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Shannon, Mississippi
Shannon is a town in Lee County, Mississippi. The population was 1,496 at the 2020 Census.
Shannon is located on Mississippi Highway 145, west of U.S. Route 45. Chiwapa Creek flows south of the town.
History
The town is named for Samuel Shan ...
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Shannon, North Carolina
Shannon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
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Shannon, Texas
Shannon is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 23 in 2000. It is located within the Wichita Falls metropolitan area.
History
On May 22, 2020, an E ...
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Shannon County, Missouri
Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,031. Its county seat is Eminence. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of ...
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Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Oglala Lakota County (known as Shannon County until May 2015) is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,672. Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs ...
, formerly known as Shannon County
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Shannon River (Minnesota)
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Shannon Creek, a stream near North Cascades National Park, Washington
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Lake Shannon, a reservoir in Whatcom County, Washington
Elsewhere
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Shannon, New Zealand
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Shannon Island, Greenland
Arts and entertainment
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''Shannon'' (1961 TV series), starring George Nader (syndicated)
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''Shannon'' (1981 TV series), starring Kevin Dobson (Columbia Broadcasting System)
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"Shannon" (song), a song by Henry Gross
Organisations
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Shannon Development, a development company in Ireland
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Shannon Racing, a defunct motor racing team
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Shannon Racing Cars, a defunct Formula One constructor
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Shannon RFC
Shannon Rugby Football Club is the most successful club in the All Ireland League, having won the competition nine times. They hail from Limerick near the banks of the Shannon river. Shannon RFC is a member of the '' Irish Rugby Football Union ...
, a rugby club in Limerick
Transportation
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Shannon Airport
Shannon Airport () is an international airport located in County Clare in Ireland. It is adjacent to the Shannon Estuary and lies halfway between Ennis and Limerick. With almost 2 million passengers in 2023, the airport is the third busiest ...
, Ireland
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Shannon (locomotive)
''Shannon'' is a steam locomotive, built in 1857 by George England, George England and Co. for the Potton railway station#Sandy and Potton Railway, Sandy and Potton Railway and is now preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre.
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The locom ...
, an 0-4-0WT steam locomotive built in 1857
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Shannon-class lifeboat
The Shannon-class lifeboat (previously FCB2 – Fast Carriage Boat 2) is the latest class of lifeboat currently being deployed to the RNLI fleet to serve the shores of the British Isles. While the Shannon class has mainly replaced the lifeboat ...
, a British type of lifeboat
Other uses
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Earl of Shannon
Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. The earldom is named a ...
, a title in the Irish peerage
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Shannon (horse) (1941–1955), Australian Hall-of-Fame racehorse
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Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, an Irish university
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shannon (unit)
The shannon (symbol: Sh) is a unit of information named after Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory. IEC 80000-13 defines the shannon as the information content associated with an event when the probability of the event occurring i ...
, the information content of one bit
* Shannon, a satellite - see
Lynk Global
See also
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Shannon index, a biodiversity index
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Noisy-channel coding theorem
In information theory, the noisy-channel coding theorem (sometimes Shannon's theorem or Shannon's limit), establishes that for any given degree of noise contamination of a communication channel, it is possible (in theory) to communicate discrete ...
, sometimes called Shannon Limit, the theoretical limit to capacity of a communication channel
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Shannan (disambiguation)
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