Clapton

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A suburban area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486). countable, uncountable

    "I'm roll on track, I'm in this field / I'm shot, you put me in my feels / She made it clap clap clap clappity-clap out in Clapton"

  2. 2
    A placename:; A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3870). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1617). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A village in Ston Easton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6453). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A village in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4106). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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