Clayton

Short definition from Wiktionary

Proper noun

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   A large number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A town in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A minor city in Clayton County, Iowa.
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   A large number of places in the United States: A minor city in Decatur County and Norton County, Kansas; named for the clay in the area.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
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    A large number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A community in the town of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A village in Hudson Township and Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
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    A large number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town and village in Jefferson County, New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town in Johnston County, North Carolina.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A city in Montgomery County, Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri.
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    A large number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hereford Township and Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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    A large number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington.
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    A large number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
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    A large number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clayton Township.
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    A large number of places in the United States: Ellipsis of Clayton County.
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    A few places in England: A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).
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    A few places in England: A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507).
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    A few places in England: A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8544).
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    A few places in England: A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914).
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    A few places in England: A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231).
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    A placename: A village south-west of Guardbridge, north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4318)
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    A placename: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton.
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    A habitational surname from Old English.
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    A male given name transferred from the surname.