Shiloh
Shiloh, Shilo, or Silo (Hebrew: שילה; Latin: Silo) is a Hebrew word meaning "place of peace" and may refer to:
In religion
- Shiloh (biblical city), a city, centre of Israel before the first Temple in Jerusalem
- Shiloh (biblical figure), a figure of contested meaning mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
- Machon Shilo ("Shiloh Institute"), Jerusalem, Israel, headed by rabbi David Bar-Hayim
- Shiloh, a farm and retreat site associated with The Living Word Fellowship, a group of Christian churches
- Shiloh, the informal name of "The Kingdom", a Christian sect founded by Frank Sandford
Places
United States
- Shiloh, DeKalb County, Alabama, a town
- Shiloh, Marengo County, Alabama, an unincorporated community
- Shiloh, Arkansas (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, Florida, a former village
- Shiloh, Harris County, Georgia, a city
- Shiloh, Illinois, a village
- Shiloh, Indiana, an unincorporated town
- Shiloh, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Shiloh, Mississippi, a ghost town
- Shiloh, New Jersey, a borough
- Shiloh, Montgomery County, Ohio, a census-designated place
- Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, a village
- Shiloh, York County, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
- Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina, a census-designated place
- Shiloh, Tennessee (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, Texas (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, Virginia (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, West Virginia (disambiguation)
- Shiloh Township (disambiguation)
- Shiloh Creek, a stream in Kansas and Missouri
- Shiloh Historic District, Springdale, Arkansas
Canada
- CFB Shilo, Manitoba, Canada, a former settlement, now a military base
- Shilo, a community in the township of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Asia
- Shilo, Iran, a village
- Shiloh (biblical city), an ancient ruin in Samaria, with archeological structures dating from the Canaanite period till the Early Muslim Era.
- Shilo, Mateh Binyamin, an Israeli settlement adjacent to the ancient biblical site of Shiloh
Military
- Battle of Shiloh, a major battle of the American Civil War
- USS Shiloh (1865), a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor
- USS Shiloh (CG-67), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy
People
- Shiloh (given name), a unisex name and a list of people with the name
- Shiloh (singer) (born Shiloh Hoganson in 1993), Canadian pop singer and songwriter
- Michaela Shiloh (born 1992), American songwriter and singer
Arts and entertainment
- Shiloh (franchise), three children's novels and three film adaptations
- Shiloh (Naylor novel), a children's novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Shiloh (film), a family movie produced and directed by Dale Rosenbloom
- Shiloh (Foote novel), a historical novel by Shelby Foote about the American Civil War battle
- Shilo (album), compilation album of songs recorded by Neil Diamond
- "Shilo" (song), written and recorded by Neil Diamond
- Shiloh, an early band formed by Don Henley of the Eagles
- Battleground 4: Shiloh, a 1996 computer game
- Shilo Wallace, a lead character in Repo! The Genetic Opera, a rock opera film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Schools
- Shiloh College, Shiloh Hill, Illinois, a former teachers' college and later public school, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh High School, Snellville, Georgia, a public school
- Shiloh Christian School, Springdale, Arkansas, a private school
- Shiloh Middle School, Parma, Ohio
- Shiloh School, a historic one-room school building near Kilmarnock, Virginia, on the National Register of Historic Places
Other uses
- Shiloh Church (disambiguation), various churches on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh Temple, Durham, Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh House (disambiguation), several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh Orphanage, a former orphanage for black children in Augusta, Georgia, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh Wind Power Plant, Montezuma Hills, California
- Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale, Arkansas
See also
- All articles beginning with Shilo
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