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