Meaning of Sharon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plain in Israel.
2. A working-class female.
   UK, derogatory, slang
3. A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
4. A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
5. A surname.
6. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
8. A minor city in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
9. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Indiana.
10. A township and minor city therein, in Barber County, Kansas.
11. A town and census-designated place therein, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
12. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
13. An unincorporated community in Saline County, Missouri.
14. A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
15. A town and hamlet therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
16. A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
17. An unincorporated community and township in Noble County, Ohio.
18. A town in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
19. A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
20. A town in York County, South Carolina.
21. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
22. An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
23. A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
24. A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
25. A number of other townships in the United States, including in Illinois, Iowa (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio (4), and Pennsylvania, listed under Sharon Township.
26. A place in Canada:
27. A community in the town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, named after the Sharon Temple.
28. A community in Middlesex Centre township, Middlesex County, Ontario.
29. A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.

Equivalents

Examples

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”

“Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with.””

“My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.”

“The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.”

“2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl 'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.”

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