Shanklin

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/ˈʃæŋklɪn/

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).

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proper nounShanklin (countable and uncountable, plural Shanklins)

plural Shanklins

  1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).
  2. countableuncountableA surname.

    He is a son of James Hopkins and Agnes (Pogue) Shanklin, the former of whom was born on the old homestead of the Shanklin family situated in East May's Lick precinct and the latter on the present site of Ashland, in Boyd county.

    1912, E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, page 1439

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APA

Shanklin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanklin

MLA

“Shanklin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanklin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shanklin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanklin.

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