Tyrone
English
Etymology
From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /taɪˈɹoʊn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Proper noun
Tyrone
- One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland, often known as County Tyrone.
- Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
- an unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
- a town in Fayette County, Georgia.
- an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Iowa.
- an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky.
- an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
- a CDP and a ghost town in Grant County, New Mexico.
- a town in Schuyler County, New York.
- a former town in Coshocton County and a ghost town in Morrow County, both in Ohio.
- a town in Texas County, Oklahoma.
- a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
- an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- an unincorporated community in Green County, Wisconsin.
- A community in the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada.
- (chiefly US) A male given name derived from the place names.
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