Clarendon
/ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/ name
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- 1 A royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site. countable, uncountable
- 2 A peerage title (especially in reference to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon). countable, uncountable
- 3 A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 4 A parish of Jamaica. countable, uncountable
- 5 A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A city, the county seat of Donley County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
- 7 A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 8 A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 9 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
- 10 A serif typeface. countable, uncountable
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The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name). The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 1870). The typeface was named after the Clarendon Press, which was named after the Earl of Clarendon (a former chancellor of Oxford University).