English Explanatory Dictionary

Clinton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A surname from Irish.
  3. An English habitational surname from Old English from a river and city 15 miles NW of Oxford, England named "Glinton" or "Glympton".
  4. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
  5. A placename:
  6. A town and suburb of Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
  7. A town and locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
  8. A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.
  9. A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
  10. A community in Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
  11. A number of places in the United States:
  12. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama.

Pronunciation

/ˈklɪn.tn̩/ /klɪn.tən/ [ˈklɪnʔn̩] [ˈklɪnʔən] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clinton.wav

Word forms

Clinton

Etymology

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton. * (given name): Derived from the surnames. * (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

Synonyms

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Derived words

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