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Clinton

//ˈklɪn.tn̩// name

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  1. 1
    A surname.

    "Miller suffered a little when Glen Chapple and Mark Clinton came together but finished the spell with figures of five for 35 from 11 overs, mirroring the performances earlier when Chapple and Mahmood undermined the Warwickshire innings."

  2. 2
    A surname.; A surname from Irish.

    "Just as Hillary Rodham Clinton famously put "18 million cracks in the glass ceiling" for women in high office, so there are a number of corporate executives who are doing the same for the lavender ceiling faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. It's just a matter of time before they are promoted to the top job."

  3. 3
    A surname.; A surname from Irish.; Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
  4. 4
    A surname.; A surname from Irish.; Hillary Clinton, 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
  5. 5
    A surname.; An English habitational surname from Old English from a river and city 15 miles NW of Oxford, England named "Glinton" or "Glympton".
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  1. 6
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
  2. 7
    A placename:; A town and suburb of Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
  3. 8
    A placename:; A town and locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
  4. 9
    A placename:; A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.
  5. 10
    A placename:; A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
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    A placename:; A community in Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama.
  8. 13
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Arkansas.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
  10. 15
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Oakland, Alameda County, California.
  11. 16
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
  12. 17
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia.
  13. 18
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Illinois. Named after DeWitt Clinton.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Ripley County, Indiana.
  15. 20
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa.
  17. 22
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas.
  18. 23
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A home rule city, the county seat of Hickman County, Kentucky.
  19. 24
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Kennebec County, Maine.
  21. 26
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Lenawee County, Michigan.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Hinds County, Mississippi.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Henry County, Missouri.
  27. 32
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Missoula County, Montana.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
  30. 35
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  31. 36
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Clinton County, New York.
  32. 37
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Dutchess County, New York.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Oneida County, New York.
  34. 39
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Summit County, Ohio.
  36. 41
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Custer County and Washita County, Oklahoma.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Findlay Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Laurens County, South Carolina.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Tennessee.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in DeWitt County, Texas.
  41. 46
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas.
  42. 47
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Davis County, Utah.
  43. 48
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
  44. 49
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  46. 51
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
  47. 52
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Barron County, Wisconsin.
  48. 53
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin.
  49. 54
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  50. 55
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clinton Township.

Etymology

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton. * (given name): Derived from the surnames. * (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

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