Sharon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sharon in British English:
UK [ˈʃærən]
How to pronounce Sharon in American English:
US [ˈʃærən]
Word Origin
- Sharon
- fem. proper name; from the name of the fertile coastal plain between Jaffa and Mount Carmel, from Hebrew, short for yesharon, properly "the Plain," from stem of yashar "was straight, was even" (compare Hebrew mishor "level land, plain"). A top-10 list name for girls born in the U.S. between 1943 and 1949.
Example
- 1. Late that night I met alone with ariel sharon for the first time .
- 2. Sharon had referred to the 1993 peace agreement as national suicide for israel .
- 3. Sharon cohen is a national writer for the associated press , based in chicago .
- 4. Curiously , mr sharon played a more direct hand when they lost their home a second time .
- 5. I warned arafat that he was single-handedly electing sharon and that he would reap the whirlwind .