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Cliff

//klɪf// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. 4
    A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.
  5. 5
    A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).
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  1. 6
    A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201).
  2. 7
    A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).
Noun
  1. 1
    A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

    ", scar"

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of clef. alt-of, obsolete

    "Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]"

  3. 3
    a steep high face of rock wordnet
  4. 4
    A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc. figuratively

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.

Etymology 2

The given name is from shortenings of the diminutives. The surname is from the noun cliff.

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