Clifford
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈklɪfəɹd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Clifford
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:,Scene II:
- Proud northern lord, Clifford of Cumberland, / Warwick is hoarse with calling thee to arms.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A village and civil parish in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2445). [1]
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4244). [2]
- A community of the town of Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
- A township in Butler County, Kansas.
- A village in Burlington Township, Lapeer County, Michigan.
- An extinct town in Polk County, Missouri.
- A minor city in Traill County, North Dakota.
- A township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the towns of Somo, Lincoln County, Lynne, Oneida County and Knox, Price County, Wisconsin.
- A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Clifford.
Derived terms
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[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Clifford, from Old English.
Proper noun
[edit]Clifford
- a male given name from English
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