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shannon stopover

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
shan-non stopover
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of Ireland (such as Dublin), which applied to all flights from 1986 to 1993, then half of all flights until its abolition in 2007.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Shannon, stopover.

Etymology

From Shannon + stopover.

Inflected Forms

Shannon stopovers (plural)

Questions

What does shannon stopover mean?
A compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of Ireland (such as Dublin), which applied to all flights from 1986 to 1993, then half of all flights until its abolition in 2007.
Where does shannon stopover come from?
From Shannon + stopover.

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