Tyrone
See also: tyrone
English
Etymology
From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /taɪˈɹoʊn/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /tɪˈɹoʊn/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Proper noun
Tyrone (countable and uncountable, plural Tyrones)
- A placename
- A county of Northern Ireland, Ireland island, United Kingdom; One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland, often known as County Tyrone.
- A community in Clarington, Ontario, Canada.
- A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Las Animas County, Colorado.
- A town in Fayette County, Georgia.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Monroe County, Iowa.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Anderson County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Texas County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place and ghost town in Grant County, New Mexico.
- A town in Schuyler County, New York.
- A former town in Coshocton County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
- A town in Texas County, Oklahoma.
- A borough of Blair County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Green County, Wisconsin.
- (countable, chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the place name.
Derived terms
- County Tyrone
Related terms
- Owen
- Tyron
Noun
Tyrone (plural Tyrones)
- (incel slang) Alternative letter-case form of tyrone