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Sinclair

//sɪŋˈklɛə(ɹ)// name

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  1. 1
    A Scottish surname transferred from the given name, that of a clan.

    "In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again. Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A placename:; A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
  4. 4
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
  5. 5
    A placename:; A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.
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  1. 6
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
  2. 7
    A placename:; A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.

Etymology

Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.

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