Meanings
- A district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a flat plateau neighbourhood bounded by the Saint-Jacques Escarpment and CP Rail lines and Autoroute Ville Marie and Little Burgundy to street south, Westmount and Atwater Avenue to street west, Guy Street and the Golden Square Mile to street east, and Sherbrooke Boulevard and the slopes of Mount Royal to street north.
Synonyms: Shoni
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a flat plateau neighbourhood bounded by the Saint-Jacques Escarpment and CP Rail lines and Autoroute Ville Marie and Little Burgundy to street south, Westmount and Atwater Avenue to street west, Guy Street and the Golden Square Mile to street east, and Sherbrooke Boulevard and the slopes of Mount Royal to street north.
Origin
Shaughnessy+village; named after Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR, CP Rail).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Village Shaughnessy
- Village ShaughnessyTranslations
Cite this entry
Shaughnessy Village. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaughnessy%20Village
“Shaughnessy Village.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaughnessy%20Village. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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