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SHANNON

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: SHAN-ən   [key]

From the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland. It is composed of the Gaelic elements sean "old, wise" and abhann "river". As a given name, it first became common in America after the 1940s.
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