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1. (n.) Shannon
a river flowing SW from N Ireland to the Atlantic: the principal river of Ireland. 240 mi. (386 km) long.
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1. (noun) Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon
United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
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1. shannon
the first river of Ireland, and largest in the British Islands, rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, Co. Cavan; flows in a south-westerly direction through Loughs Allen, Ree, and Derg, besides forming several lough expansions, to Limerick, whence it turns due W., and opens out on the Atlantic in a wide estuary between Kerry (S.) and Clare (N.); has an entire course of 254 m., and is navigable to Lough Allen, a distance of 213 m.
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