Join free

Clifton

English · Français · Deutsch · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Clifton¹

  • /ˈklɪftən/

Where it comes from

*Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff + -ton.

*In Oregon County, Missouri, from Cliff + -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif.

proper noun Cliftons · Cliffton

  1. countable An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
  2. countable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638).
  5. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326).
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644).
  7. countable, uncountable A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).
  8. countable, uncountable A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630).
  9. countable, uncountable A small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948).
  10. countable, uncountable A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
  11. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082).
  12. countable, uncountable An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).
  13. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831).
  14. countable, uncountable A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
  15. countable, uncountable A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
  16. countable, uncountable A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
  17. countable, uncountable A small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446).
  18. countable, uncountable A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
  19. countable, uncountable A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  20. countable, uncountable A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  21. countable, uncountable A village in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
  22. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
  23. countable, uncountable A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
  24. countable, uncountable A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  25. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.
  26. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
  27. countable, uncountable A minor city in Franklin County, Idaho.
  28. countable, uncountable A village in Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
  29. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Brownsville Township, Union County, Indiana.
  30. countable, uncountable A minor city in Clay County and Washington County, Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
  31. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  32. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
  33. countable, uncountable A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  34. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the towns of Swampscott and Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
  35. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
  36. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
  37. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.
  38. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.
  39. countable, uncountable A city in Passaic County, New Jersey.
  40. countable, uncountable A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
  41. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
  42. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina.
  43. countable, uncountable A village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
  44. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  45. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
  46. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
  47. countable, uncountable A city in Wayne County, Tennessee.
  48. countable, uncountable A city in Bosque County, Texas; named for nearby cliffs and originally named Cliff Town.
  49. countable, uncountable A town in Fairfax County, Virginia.
  50. countable, historical, uncountable Former name of Belfair: a locality in Mason, Washington.
  51. countable, uncountable A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
  52. countable, uncountable A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  53. countable, uncountable A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
  54. countable, uncountable A number of townships, listed under Clifton Township.

Clifton²

  • /ˈklɪftən/

Where it comes from

Calque of terms meaning cliff+town

proper noun

  1. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hadley, bligh, taylor, teme, passaic, bluff, cliff, scarp, crag, escarpment, precipice, clifftop, cliffside, headwall, ledge, outcrop

Translations

Every language

name townland in Ireland

中文克利夫頓 /克利夫顿 Kèlìfūdùn

name neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan

हिन्दीक्लिफ़्टन klifṭan

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"Clifton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clifton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{clifton_2026,
  title = {Clifton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clifton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}