Clare

Meanings

1. A county of Ireland.
2. A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
3. A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
4. A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
5. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois.
6. An unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
7. A minor city in Webster County, Iowa; after County Clare.
8. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas.
9. A city mostly in Clare County, Michigan; after its county and County Clare.
10. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
11. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
12. A locality in the Balranald council area, south-western New South Wales, Australia.

1. A female given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
2. A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7745).
3. A hamlet in Pyrton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6798).
4. Ellipsis of Clare College, Cambridge.

1. Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

1. A surname from Old English derived from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of quite uncommon usage.

Etymology

The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).

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