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Sharon¹
- /ˈʃæɹən/
Rhymes with -æɹən
Where it comes from
Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
proper noun
- A plain in Israel. I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name. 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
- A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name. 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.
- A surname.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- A minor city in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Indiana.
- A township and minor city therein, in Barber County, Kansas.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Saline County, Missouri.
- A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
- A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community and township in Noble County, Ohio.
- A town in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
- A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in York County, South Carolina.
- A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
- A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- 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.
- A community in the town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, named after the Sharon Temple.
- A community in Middlesex Centre township, Middlesex County, Ontario.
- A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.
noun Sharons
- A working-class female. 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 aga
sharon²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tagalog sharon.
verb sharons · sharoning · sharoned
- Wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: israel, israeli, likud, charon, mrs, salon, prime, shannon, premier, shalom, robert, peres, shar, plain, meadow, prairie
Translations
Talk about this word "sharon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sharon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sharon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sharon "sharon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sharon.Cite this
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title = {sharon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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