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Meaning of Shannon stopover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
    Ireland, historical
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Shannon, stopover.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Shannon Vale Shannon's maxim shannonite Shannons Flat Shannonvale shanny

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