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Cleves

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Kleve (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). historical
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cleve form-of, plural

Etymology

From French Clèves, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff. There is no connection with German Klee (“clover”), the clovers in the city's coat of arms being an example of canting arms.

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