Clinton

See also: clinton

English

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 tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern +‎ -ton.
  • (given name): Derived from the surnames.
  • (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklɪn.tən/
  • IPA(key): [ˈklɪnʔn̩]

Proper noun

Clinton

  1. A surname.
    1. A surname from Irish
      1. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001
      2. Hillary Clinton, 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013
        Synonyms: Hildebeast, Hitlery, HRC, Killary, Shillary
    2. An English habitational surname from Old English from a river and city 15 miles NW of Oxford, England named "Glinton" or "Glympton".
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
  3. A placename
    1. A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.
    2. A city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States.
    3. A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. Named after DeWitt Clinton.
    4. A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States.
    5. A home rule city, the county seat of Hickman County, Kentucky, United States.
    6. A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.
    7. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Missouri, United States.
    8. A city, the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States.
    9. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Tennessee, United States.
    10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clinton Township.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Clinton at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Clinton.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklin.ton/[1]
  • Rhymes: -inton
  • Hyphenation: Clìn‧ton

Proper noun

Clinton m or f by sense

  1. A surname in English

Proper noun

Clinton f

  1. any of numerous placenames; see Clinton

References
  1. Clinton in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Tagalog

Etymology

Usually after Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.

Proper noun

Clinton

  1. a male given name from English, of 1990s usage
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