Clifton
Short definition from Wiktionary
Proper noun
- An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A locale in England: A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
- A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638).
- A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326).
- A locale in England: A village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644).
- A locale in England: A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).
- A locale in England: A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630).
- A locale in England: A small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948).
- A locale in England: A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
- A locale in England: A hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082).
- A locale in England: An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).
- A locale in England: A hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831).
- A locale in England: A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
- A locale in England: A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
- A locale in England: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
- A locale in England: A small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446).
- A locale in New Zealand: A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A locale in New Zealand: A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
- A locale in New Zealand: A village in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
- A placename: A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
- A placename: A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
- A placename: A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- A locale in the United States: A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.
- A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
- A locale in the United States: A city in Idaho.
- A locale in the United States: A village in Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- A locale in the United States: A city in Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
- A locale in the United States: A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
- A locale in the United States: A town in Maine.
- A locale in the United States: A village in Massachusetts.
- A locale in the United States: A ghost town in Michigan.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.
- A locale in the United States: A ghost town in Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.
- A locale in the United States: A city in New Jersey.
- A locale in the United States: A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
- A locale in the United States: A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
- A locale in the United States: A village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
- A locale in the United States: A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
- A locale in the United States: A city in Tennessee.
- A locale in the United States: A city in Bosque County, Texas; named for nearby cliffs and originally named Cliff Town.
- A locale in the United States: A town in Virginia.
- A locale in the United States: Former name of Belfair: a locality in Mason, Washington.
- A locale in the United States: A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
- A locale in the United States: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- A locale in the United States: A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
- A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).
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