Associations to the word «Shiloh»

Wiktionary

SHILOH, proper noun. A biblical city, the location of the Ark of the Covenant.
SHILOH, proper noun. Any of several towns and cities in the United States, especially the site of a major 19th-century battle in Tennessee.
SHILOH, proper noun. A male given name
SHILOH, proper noun. A female given name

Dictionary definition

SHILOH, noun. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats