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Shay

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Irish.

  2. 2

    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

  3. 3

    A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.

Etymology

Variant of Shea, from Irish Ó Séaghdha.

noun

  1. 1

    A geared steam locomotive, patented by Ephraim Shay.

Forms

plural
Shays
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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