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Shan⋅non

[shan-uhn]
–noun
1. Claude El⋅wood [el-wood] , 1916–2001, U.S. applied mathematician: early developer of information theory.
2. a river flowing SW from N Ireland to the Atlantic: the principal river of Ireland. 240 mi. (386 km) long.
3. international airport in W Ireland, near Limerick.
4. a female given name.
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Shan·non   (shān'ən)   
A river, about 386 km (240 mi) long, rising in north-central Ireland and flowing generally south and west to the Atlantic Ocean through a long deep estuary.
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