Clifton

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪftən/

Proper noun

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

1. A locale in England. From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”).
   1. A suburb of Bristol.
   2. A village in Bedfordshire.
   3. A village in Cumbria.
   4. A village in Derbyshire.
   5. A village in Fylde district, Lancashire.
   6. A village in Salford, Lancashire.
   7. A village in Northumberland.
   8. A village in Oxfordshire.
   9. A village in Worcestershire.
   10. A village in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948)
   11. A suburb of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
   12. A village in Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
   13. A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
   14. A village in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
   15. A manor in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
2. for someone who lived in one of these places.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).
5. A locale in New Zealand.
   1. A suburb of Christchurch.
   2. A suburb of Invercargill.
   3. A village in Hawke's Bay.
6. A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
7. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
8. A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
9. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in New Jersey.
   2. A city in Idaho.
   3. A city in Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
   4. A city in Tennessee.
   5. A city in Texas; named for nearby cliffs.
   6. A town in Arizona; the county seat of Greenlee County.
   7. A town in Maine.
   8. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
   9. A town in Virginia.
   10. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
   11. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   12. A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
   13. A village in Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
   14. A village in Massachusetts.
   15. A village in Clark and Greene counties, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
   16. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
   17. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
   18. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
   19. A census-designated place in Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
   20. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
   21. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
   22. An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.
   23. An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
   24. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
   25. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
   26. An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
   27. A ghost town in Michigan.
   28. A ghost town in Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Cliffton

Translations

townland in Ireland

• Irish: Clochán
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neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan

• Sindhi: ڪليفٽن‎
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• Urdu: کلفٹن‎