Clive

Definitions

1. Burdock or agrimony.
2. A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif).
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.
4. A village in Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.
5. A city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah, United States.
7. A town on the Clive River in Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.
8. An eastern suburb of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6766).
9. A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5124).

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Examples

“"I suppose⟳ you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock."”

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