Calder
Calder proper noun: a river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Aire.
Proper noun
Calder
- A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Aire.
- A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Sellafield.
- A river in Lancashire, England, which joins the River Ribble.
- A river in Lancashire which joins the River Wyre at Catterall.
- A tributary of the River Spey in Highland council area, Scotland.
- A river in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, which flows into Castle Semple Loch.
- A short river in Tasmania, Australia.
- A short river in Victoria, Australia.
- A river in Kimberley, Western Australia which flows into the Indian Ocean.
- A hamlet in Ponsonby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SY0303).
- A neighbourhood in north-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality below.
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- A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Calder No. 241.
- A town on Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- A rural locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- A surname.
Origin of Calder
From Cumbric *caled (“hard”) + *duvr (“water”)
Words formed from Calder
Questions about Calder
- What does Calder mean?
- Calder means a river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Aire.
- What part of speech is Calder?
- Calder is a proper noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Calder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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