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
- A surname.
- A surname from Irish
- Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001
- Hillary Clinton, 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013
- Synonyms: Hildebeast, Hitlery, HRC, Killary, Shillary
- An English habitational surname from Old English from a river and city 15 miles NW of Oxford, England named "Glinton" or "Glympton".
- A surname from Irish
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
- A placename
- A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.
- A city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States.
- A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. Named after DeWitt Clinton.
- A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Hickman County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Henry County, Missouri, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Tennessee, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clinton Township.
Derived terms
- Clint
- Clinton County
- Clintonesque
- Clintonian
- Clintoniana
- Clintonism
- Clintonist
- Clintonista
- Clintonite
- Clintonization
- Clintonize
- Clinton News Network
- Clintonomics
- Clintonworld
- Port Clinton
Further reading
- Clinton at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Clinton.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklin.ton/[1]
- Rhymes: -inton
- Hyphenation: Clìn‧ton
Proper noun
Clinton m or f by sense
- A surname in English
Proper noun
Clinton f
- any of numerous placenames; see Clinton
References
- Clinton in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Tagalog
Etymology
Usually after Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.
Proper noun
Clinton
- a male given name from English, of 1990s usage