Clio

//ˈklaɪ.oʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Greek
  2. 2
    84 Klio, a main belt asteroid.
  3. 3
    A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of Renault Clio (“a model of car manufactured by Renault”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  5. 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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  1. 6
    A city in Iowa.
  2. 7
    A city in Michigan.
  3. 8
    A town in South Carolina.
  4. 9
    A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
Noun
  1. 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. 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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