Clinton

See also: clinton

English

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 tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern +‎ -ton.
• (given name): Derived from the surnames.
• (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪn.tən/
• IPA^(key): [ˈklɪnʔn̩]

Proper noun

Clinton

1. A surname.
   1. A surname from Irish
      1. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001
      2. Hillary Clinton, 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013

         Synonyms: Hildebeast, Hitlery, HRC, Killary, Shillary

   2. An English habitational surname from Old English from a river and city 15 miles NW of Oxford, England named "Glinton" or "Glympton".
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A placename
   1. A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.
   2. A city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States.
   3. A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. Named after DeWitt Clinton.
   4. A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States.
   5. A home rule city, the county seat of Hickman County, Kentucky, United States.
   6. A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.
   7. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Missouri, United States.
   8. A city, the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States.
   9. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Tennessee, United States.
   10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clinton Township.

Derived terms

• Clint
• Clinton County
• Clintonesque
• Clintonian
• Clintonism
• Clintonist
• Clintonista
• Clintonite
• Clintonization
• Clintonize
• Clintonomics
• Clintonworld
• Port Clinton

 

Further reading

• “Clinton”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Etymology

From English Clinton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklin.ton/
• Rhymes: -inton
• Hyphenation: Clìn‧ton

Proper noun

Clinton ?

1. A surname in English
2. any of numerous placenames; see Clinton

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Tagalog

Etymology

Usually after Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.

Proper noun

Clinton

1. a male given name from English, of 1990s usage