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Clifton

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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  • Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff +‎ -ton.
  • In Oregon County, Missouri, from Cliff +‎ -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif.

Proper noun

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Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

  1. (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
  2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename
    1. A locale in England:
      1. A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
      2. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638). [1]
      3. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326). [2]
      4. A village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644).
      5. A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).
      6. A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630).
      7. A small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948).
      8. A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
      9. A hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082).
      10. An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).
      11. A hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831).
      12. A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
      13. A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
      14. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
      15. A small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446).
    2. A locale in New Zealand:
      1. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
      2. A suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand. [3]
      3. A village in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. [4]
    3. A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
    4. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
    5. A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
    6. A locale in the United States:
      1. A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.
      2. A census-designated place in Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
      3. A city in Idaho.
      4. A village in Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
      5. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
      6. A city in Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
      7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
      8. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
      9. A town in Maine.
      10. A village in Massachusetts.
      11. A ghost town in Michigan.
      12. An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
      13. An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.
      14. A ghost town in Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.
      15. A city in New Jersey.
      16. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
      17. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
      18. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
      19. A village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
      20. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
      21. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
      22. An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
      23. A city in Tennessee.
      24. A city in Bosque County, Texas; named for nearby cliffs and originally named Cliff Town.
      25. A town in Virginia.
      26. (historical) Former name of Belfair.; a locality in Mason, Washington
      27. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
      28. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
      29. A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
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Etymology 2

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Calque of terms meaning cliff+town

Proper noun

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Clifton

  1. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).

References

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  1. ^ Parish map (Bedfordshire)
  2. ^ Parish map (Cumbria)
  3. ^ NZ Topo Map: Invercargill
  4. ^ NZ Topo Map: Hawke's Bay
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