name · noun · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/taɪˈɹoʊn/
US:/tɪˈɹoʊn/county in Northern Ireland
Received-Pronunciation:/taɪˈɹəʊn/
Received-Pronunciation:/tɪˈɹəʊn/county in Northern Ireland
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rhymes with -əʊn
General-American:/taɪˈɹoʊn/
Received-Pronunciation:/taɪˈɹəʊni/
General-American:/taɪˈɹoʊni/
rhymes with -əʊni
Received-Pronunciation:/taɪˈɹəʊniːz/
General-American:/taɪˈɹoʊniz/
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name
Meaning 1
A placename
A county of Northern Ireland, Ireland island, United Kingdom; One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland, often known as County Tyrone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 2
A placename
A community in Clarington, Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 3
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 4
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A town in Fayette County, Georgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 6
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 7
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 8
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A census-designated place and ghost town in Grant County, New Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 9
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A town in Schuyler County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 10
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A former town in Coshocton County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 11
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 12
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A town in Texas County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 13
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
A borough of Blair County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 14
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 15
A placename
A locale in the United States; Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.:
An unincorporated community in Green County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 16
A male given name transferred from the place name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
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noun
Meaning 17
Alternative letter-case form of tyrone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Qualifier: incel slang
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noun
Meaning 18
A Chad-like Black man with a very high SMV who is successful with women and dating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: incel slang
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noun
Meaning 19
Synonym of tyro (“a beginner, a novice”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: tyro
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History
Etymology
From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).
Decapitalization of Tyrone, from the prominence of the male given name Tyrone among African-Americans.
Borrowed from Italian tirone, from Latin tīrō (“beginner, novice; young apprentice; (Roman military) recruit”): see further at tyro.