'Shaw' definitions:

Definition of 'Shaw'

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]

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]

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.