# Clifton
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɪftən/

### Etymology 1

* Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff +‎ -ton.
* In Oregon County, Missouri, from Cliff +‎ -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif.

#### Proper noun

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)
* (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
* (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
* A placename
** A locale in England:
*** A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
*** A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638).
*** A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326).
*** A village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644).
*** A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).
*** A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630).
*** A small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948).
*** A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
*** A hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082).
*** An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).
*** A hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831).
*** A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
*** A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
*** A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
*** A small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446).
** A locale in New Zealand:
*** A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
*** A suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand.
*** A village in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
** A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
** A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
** A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
** A locale in the United States:
*** A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.
*** A census-designated place in Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
*** A city in Idaho.
*** A village in Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
*** An unincorporated community in Indiana.
*** A city in Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
*** A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
*** An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
*** A town in Maine.
*** A village in Massachusetts.
*** A ghost town in Michigan.
*** An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
*** An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.
*** A ghost town in Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.
*** A city in New Jersey.
*** A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
*** A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
*** An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
*** A village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
*** A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
*** An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
*** An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
*** A city in Tennessee.
*** A city in Bosque County, Texas; named for nearby cliffs and originally named Cliff Town.
*** A town in Virginia.
*** (historical) Former name of Belfair.; a locality in Mason, Washington
*** A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
*** A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
*** A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

##### Alternative forms

* (surname): Cliffton

##### Derived terms

* Clifton and Compton
* Clifton Campville
* Clifton Down
* Clifton Forge
* Clifton Maybank
* Clifton Moor
* Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
* Clifton upon Teme
* Clifton Without
* Newall with Clifton
* Newton-with-Clifton

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Calque of terms meaning cliff+town

#### Proper noun

Clifton
* A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).

### References

* ↑ Parish map (Bedfordshire)
* ↑ Parish map (Cumbria)
* ↑ NZ Topo Map: Invercargill
* ↑ NZ Topo Map: Hawke's Bay