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Clio
//ˈklaɪ.oʊ// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Greek
- 2 84 Klio, a main belt asteroid.
- 3 A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 4 Ellipsis of Renault Clio (“a model of car manufactured by Renault”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 5 A city in Alabama.
"In 1891, he settled in tiny Clio, Alabama, a hamlet of 13 families founded after the Civil War without the antebellum pretensions of nearby Eufala."
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- 6 A city in Iowa.
- 7 A city in Michigan.
- 8 A town in South Carolina.
- 9 A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
Noun
- 1 A statuette holding a globe given at the Clio Awards, an annual award program that recognizes innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design, and communication.
"[Al] Horvat landed the role of a ballplayer, wielding a huge baseball glove and mugging for the camera. “Three or four months later,” Horvat says, “the director calls me and says, ‘Al, you won a Clio.’ ‘Yeah?’ I say. ‘What’s a Clio?’ I have actors come in here all the time. They would die for that thing.”"
- 2 A car of the Renault Clio model manufactured by Renault.
"Fred loved to take his Clio for a spin."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ). The award and car model were named after the goddess.
Etymology 2
From the Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ). The award and car model were named after the goddess.
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