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Clarendon

  • /ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/

Rhymes with -æɹəndən

Where it comes from

The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name).

The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 1870).

The typeface was named after the Clarendon Press, which was named after the Earl of Clarendon (a former chancellor of Oxford University).

proper noun Clarendons

  1. countable, uncountable A royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.
  2. countable, uncountable A peerage title (especially in reference to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon).
  3. countable, uncountable A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable A parish of Jamaica.
  5. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Arkansas.
  6. countable, uncountable A township in Calhoun County, Michigan.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Orleans County, New York.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Columbus County, North Carolina.
  9. countable, uncountable A borough in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
  10. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Donley County, Texas.
  11. countable, uncountable A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
  12. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Arlington County, Virginia.
  13. countable, uncountable A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  14. countable, uncountable A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
  15. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
  16. countable, uncountable A serif typeface.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oxford, dallas, slab-serif, latin, ionic, antique, mechanistic, egyptian, tuscan, clarence house, somerley, sandringham, salisbury, salisbury plain, old sarum, clattercote

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"Clarendon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clarendon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Clarendon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clarendon

Chicago

"Clarendon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clarendon.

BibTeX
@misc{clarendon_2026,
  title = {Clarendon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clarendon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}