'Shaw' definitions:

Definition of 'Shaw'

(from WordNet)
noun
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) [syn: Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky]
noun
United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) [syn: Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings]
noun
United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn: Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw]
noun
British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950) [syn: Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw]

Definition of 'Shaw'

From: GCIDE
  • Shaw \Shaw\ (sh[add]), n. [OE. schawe, scha[yogh]e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk[=o]gr.]
  • 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Burns. [1913 Webster]
  • Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • The green shaws, the merry green woods. --Howitt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]

Shaw, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Shaw, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
2312
Housing Units (2000) :
785
Land area (2000) :
1.110031 sq. miles (2.874967 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.110031 sq. miles (2.874967 sq. km)
FIPS code :
67000
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
33.601549 N, 90.770720 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
38773
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.