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Clyde

  • /klʌɪd/ Scotland
  • /klaɪd/ US, UK

Sounds like clied (without the Scottish Vowel Length Rule) · Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

proper noun Clydes

  1. uncountable, usually, with the A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde.
  2. uncountable, usually A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. uncountable, usually A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. uncountable, usually A village in northern Alberta, Canada.
  5. uncountable, usually A community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  6. uncountable, usually A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
  7. uncountable, usually A small town in Otago, New Zealand.
  8. uncountable, usually A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
  9. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.
  10. uncountable, usually A ghost town in Bryan County, Georgia.
  11. uncountable, usually A small city in Cloud County, Kansas.
  12. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
  13. uncountable, usually A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
  14. uncountable, usually A village in Wayne County, New York.
  15. uncountable, usually A town in Haywood County, North Carolina.
  16. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community and ghost town in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
  17. uncountable, usually A city in Sandusky County, Ohio.
  18. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
  19. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Darlington County, South Carolina.
  20. uncountable, usually A small city in Callahan County, Texas.
  21. uncountable, usually A small town and unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
  22. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in the town of Ahnapee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
  23. US, uncountable, usually A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland). The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to g

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mallory, born, woodward, listen, forth, isthmus, strath, carlingford, rivulet, stream, watercourse, waterway, brook, creek, affluent, tributary

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name suburb of Sydney

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"Clyde." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clyde. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{clyde_2026,
  title = {Clyde},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clyde},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}