What does "clarksville" mean?
A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.
Clarksville
name
name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.
- Grammar: clarksville is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: cdp, city, community, county seat.
- Useful contrasts: countryside, rural area, undeveloped area.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.
- 2 A town in Clark County, Indiana; named for explorer William Clark.
- 3 A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Arkansas.
- 4 A city, the county seat of Red River County, Texas; named for founder James Clark.
- 5 A city in Iowa.
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- 6 A town in Virginia; named for founder Clarke Royster.
- 7 A village in Clinton County, Ohio; named for Sarah Clark Hadley, an early settler.
- 8 A city in Missouri, named for William Clark.
- 9 A town in Allegheny County, New York; named for Holland Land Company agent S. N. Clark.
- 10 A village in Michigan.
- 11 A town in New Hampshire; named for the Clark family, who cleared the land for settlement.
- 12 A borough of Pennsylvania.
- 13 A community in Nova Scotia.
- 14 A hamlet in New Scotland, New York; named for early settler Adam A. Clark.
- 15 An unincorporated community in California.
- 16 An unincorporated community in Delaware.
- 17 An unincorporated community in Idaho.
- 18 An unincorporated community in Illinois.
- 19 An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Indiana; named for George Rogers Clark.
- 20 An unincorporated community in Maryland; named for William Clark.
- 21 An unincorporated community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- 22 An unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey.
- 23 An unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio; named for founder Daniel Clark.
- 24 An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.
- 25 A ghost town in Defiance County, Ohio; named for proprietor Elisha Clark.
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Common questions
What is a synonym for "clarksville"?
Common synonyms include: cdp, city, community, county seat, municipality, suburb.
Etymology
From Clark + -s- + -ville.