Clark

//ˈklaɹk// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado.
  4. 4
    A locale in the United States:; A minor city in Randolph County, Missouri; named for Confederate general John Bullock Clark Jr..
  5. 5
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Storey County and Washoe County, Nevada.
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  1. 6
    A locale in the United States:; A township in Union County, New Jersey; named for Declaration of Independence signatory Abraham Clark.
  2. 7
    A locale in the United States:; A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
  3. 8
    A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Clark County, South Dakota.
  4. 9
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington.
  5. 10
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
  6. 11
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Hixon, Clark County, Wisconsin.
  7. 12
    A locale in the United States:; A former settlement in California.
  8. 13
    A locale in the United States:; A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Clark Township.
  9. 14
    A locale in the Philippines.; A freeport zone in Pampanga, site of a former United States Air Base.
  10. 15
    A locale in the Philippines.; A development in Tarlac, the New Clark City.
  11. 16
    A locale in the Philippines.; A special economic zone spanning Tarlac and Pampanga province.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of clerk. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

Etymology

From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.

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