Shenandoah

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/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə//ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ/

proper noun

A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.

OriginOneida oskanu꞉tú →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
  2. A city in Fremont County and Page County, Iowa, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  4. A community in East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, United States.
  5. A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. A city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
  7. A subdivision and neighbourhood of Houston, Texas.
  8. A town in Page County, Virginia, United States.
  9. The Shenandoah River: A tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

    Here Shenandoah brawls along, / And burly Blue-Ridge echoes strong

    1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
  10. The Shenandoah Valley in which the river runs.

Origin

  1. Oneidaoskanu꞉tú“deer”
  2. EnglishShenandoah

From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu꞉tú (“deer”) or kanʌʼtú꞉saʼ (“hemlock”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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