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Tyrone¹

  • /taɪˈɹoʊn/ US
  • /tɪˈɹoʊn/ US
  • /taɪˈɹəʊn/ UK
  • /tɪˈɹəʊn/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊn

Where it comes from

From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).

proper noun Tyrones

  1. countable, uncountable A county of Northern Ireland, Ireland island, United Kingdom; One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland, often known as County Tyrone. The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
  2. countable, uncountable A community in Clarington, Ontario, Canada.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Fayette County, Georgia.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Iowa.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
  8. countable, uncountable A census-designated place and ghost town in Grant County, New Mexico.
  9. countable, uncountable A town in Schuyler County, New York.
  10. countable, uncountable A former town in Coshocton County, Ohio.
  11. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
  12. countable, uncountable A town in Texas County, Oklahoma.
  13. countable, uncountable A borough of Blair County, Pennsylvania.
  14. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Green County, Wisconsin.
  16. US, countable A male given name transferred from the place name.

noun Tyrones

  1. Alternative letter-case form of tyrone

tyrone²

  • /taɪˈɹəʊn/ UK
  • /taɪˈɹoʊn/ US

Rhymes with -əʊn

Where it comes from

Decapitalization of Tyrone, from the prominence of the male given name Tyrone among African-Americans.

noun tyrones

  1. A Chad-like Black man with a very high SMV who is successful with women and dating.

tyrone³

  • /taɪˈɹəʊni/ UK
  • /taɪˈɹoʊni/ US
  • /taɪˈɹəʊniːz/ UK
  • /taɪˈɹoʊniz/ US

Rhymes with -əʊni

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian tirone, from Latin tīrō (“beginner, novice; young apprentice; (Roman military) recruit”): see further at tyro.

noun tyrones

  1. obsolete Synonym of tyro (“a beginner, a novice”). Of the Society of them there are threeſcore and no more. But of thoſe punies, thoſe tyrones that are brought vp vnder thoſe threeſcore, there are no leſſe then a thouſand and fiue hundred, vvho haue certaine other Schooles in the tovvne farre remote from this Colledge, vvhich ſerueth for another Sem

    Similar: tyro

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fermanagh, monaghan, tyrconnell, tyree, tyreghonolde, dougherty, true, strabane, crew, mcdonough, mcgregor, boyle, letterkenny, donaghey, mcintyre, dungannon

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@misc{tyrone_2026,
  title = {tyrone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tyrone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}