Clyde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /klaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
homophone: clied
Etymology: The name of a river in Scotland, from the Gaelic name Cluaidh, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).
Senses: glosses: A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A village in northern Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
glosses: A small town in Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Bryan County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Cloud County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Wayne County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Haywood County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and ghost town in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Sandusky County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Darlington County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Callahan County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small town and unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Ahnapee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
examples: text: The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).
ref: 2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland).
Derived terms: Apartheid Clyde
Clydebank
Clydesdale
Clydeside
Firth of Clyde
Inverclyde