Shenandoah
pronunciation
How to pronounce Shenandoah in British English:
UK [,ʃenən'dəuə]
How to pronounce Shenandoah in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Shenandoah
- originally a place name in Dutchess County, N.Y., from Oneida (Iroquoian) family name Skenondoah, derived from oskenon:to "deer." Later transferred to river and valley in Virginia.
Example
- 1. I was brought up on a farm in virginia , in the shenandoah valley , the second of four children and the only daughter .
- 2. Hundreds of years ago an indian chief named shenandoah lived in what is now the state of virginia .
- 3. Says father andrew of the holy cross abbey , a trappist monastery in virginia 's shenandoah valley in the united states .
- 4. Originally part of virginia , harpers ferry is located in the eastern panhandle of west virginia near the convergence of the shenandoah and potomac rivers .
- 5. Harpers ferry was built on a narrow finger of land where the shenandoah river flowed into the potomac .