English Explanatory Dictionary

cleves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of cleve
name
  1. Kleve (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).

Word forms

cleves

Etymology

From French Clèves, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff. There is no connection with German Klee (“clover”), the clovers in the city's coat of arms being an example of canting arms.

Related words

1,6-Cleves acid 1,7-Cleves acid
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