Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

Shannon

/ˈʃænən/ proper noun

Forms Shannons

proper noun The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean.
proper noun A town in County Clare, Ireland, at the mouth of that river, and its nearby international airport.
proper noun A sea area, to the west of Ireland, centred on the estuary of this river.
proper noun A small town in Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand.
proper noun A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.
proper noun A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Shanahan, anglicised from Ó Seanaigh (“descendant of a person named Old”).
proper noun A unisex given name transferred from the surname or place name (from the river); first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland.

Synonyms

Borrowed from Irish Sionainn.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “Shannon”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details