Standard Lemma guide

Tyrone

name · noun · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /taɪˈɹoʊn/
  • US: /tɪˈɹoʊn/ county in Northern Ireland
  • Received-Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɪˈɹəʊn/ county in Northern Ireland
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊn
  • General-American: /taɪˈɹoʊn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊni/
  • General-American: /taɪˈɹoʊni/
  • rhymes with -əʊni
  • Received-Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊniːz/
  • General-American: /taɪˈɹoʊniz/
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY2 R OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

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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name

Meaning 16

A male given name transferred from the place name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable

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17

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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18

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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19

noun

Meaning 19

Synonym of tyro (“a beginner, a novice”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tyro

Antonyms: none provided

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.

Real reading context

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