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- the longest river of Ireland. It rises in County Leitrim near Lough Allen and flows 390 km (240 miles) south and west to its estuary on the Atlantic香农河（爱尔兰最长河流, 源出艾伦湖附近的利屈姆郡, 向南再向西流, 最后注入大西洋, 全长390公里, 即240英里）。
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- an international airport in the Republic of Ireland, situated on the River Shannon west of Limerick香农机场（爱尔兰共和国一国际机场, 位于利墨里克市以西香农河畔）。
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- a shipping forecast area in the NE Atlantic to the south-west of Ireland香农预报区（爱尔兰西南方向大西洋东北部的航运预报区）。
- Shannon2, Claude Elwood (1916-2001), American engineer. He was the pioneer of mathematical communication theory, which has become vital to the design of both communication and electronic equipment. He also investigated digital circuits, and was the first to use the term bit to denote a unit of information.香农, 克劳德·爱尔伍德 （1916-2001, 美国工程师, 数学通信理论的先驱, 该理论对于通信和电子设备的设计至关重要; 他也研究了数字电路, 首创用“比特”表示信息单位）。