Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
👤 A family name 📍 A place name
Shaw

Shaw

6 5.6
A name for a town or neighborhood in English-speaking countries
  • proper noun
translation icon : Shaw
  • Welcome to the penthouse, Mr. Shaw.
  • Shaw Brothers
  • Shaw Brothers studio

Nadia was in the upper Canyon of Shaw Bonte Valles north of Maneras in the sense one could say that she started it.

Examples

  • All residents of Shaw County should seek shelter immediately.

  • "I miss Christmas on the Shaw Island and the smell of the sea."

    Glory (1989)

  • A lot of stuff going on right around Shaw.

    One for the Money (2012)

  • All residents of Shaw County should seek shelter immediately.

    Into the Storm (2014)

  • It's also the home of the prestigious Shaw Theater Festival.

    Blog text (7)

  • A building on the corner of Shaw and Liming.

    One for the Money (2012)

  • If you're in Shaw County, you need to get yourself to a safe place now.

    Into the Storm (2014)

  • All of Shaw County remains under a severe thunderstorm warning.

    Into the Storm (2014)

  • The Chinatown, Mount Vernon Square, and Shaw neighborhoods ranked second, drawing more than 4,000 new residents during the decade.

    Blog text (18)

  • Fifty years ago today, several hundred students and civil rights activists gathered at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Surface Forms

Shaw main

Etymology

The place name Shaw comes from the same old English word sceaga meaning 'small wood', so towns or neighborhoods called Shaw were often beside a little wood or grove, and that is why the name points to a place with trees.