Clifford

Clifford

English

Etymology

From Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪfəɹd/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Clifford

1. 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 606515358, [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.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A village and civil parish in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2445).
4. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4244).
5. A community in Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
   2. A township in Butler County, Kansas.
   3. A village in Burlington Township, Lapeer County, Michigan.
   4. An extinct town in Polk County, Missouri.
   5. A minor city in Traill County, North Dakota.
   6. A township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Amherst County, Virginia.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Somo, Lincoln County, Lynne, Oneida County and Knox, Price County, Wisconsin.
7. A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Clifford.

Derived terms

• Clifford algebra
• Clifford module
• Clifford semigroup

Related terms

• Cliff

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Etymology

From English Clifford, from Old English.

Proper noun

Clifford

1. a male given name from English