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Clare¹

  • /klɛə/ UK
  • /klɛɚ/ US
  • /kleː/ Australia
  • /kleə/ New Zealand
  • /kliə/
  • /kleɹ/ Scotland
  • /klɜː(ɹ)/

Sounds like Claire, clear (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).

proper noun

  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
  3. A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
  4. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
  6. A minor city in Webster County, Iowa; after County Clare.
  7. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas.
  8. A city mostly in Clare County, Michigan; after its county and County Clare.
  9. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  10. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
  11. A locality in the Balranald council area, south-western New South Wales, Australia.
  12. A town in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, Mid North region, South Australia.

Clare²

  • /klɛə/ UK
  • /klɛɚ/ US
  • /kleː/ Australia
  • /kleə/ New Zealand
  • /kliə/
  • /kleɹ/ Scotland
  • /klɜː(ɹ)/

Sounds like Claire, clear (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Medieval English vernacular form of Clara, from the Latin clara, feminine of clarus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara of Assisi.

In Oxfordshire, from Clarora, a clay slope.

proper noun

  1. A unisex given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward. Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more, But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.
  2. A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7745).
  3. A hamlet in Pyrton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6798).
  4. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Clare College, Cambridge.Clare College

noun Clares

  1. Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III. and brother to Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, a

Clare³

  • /klɛə/ UK
  • /klɛɚ/ US
  • /kleː/ Australia
  • /kleə/ New Zealand
  • /kliə/
  • /kleɹ/ Scotland
  • /klɜː(ɹ)/

Sounds like Claire, clear (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

proper noun

  1. A surname from Old English derived from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of quite uncommon usage.

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