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Clarendon

Syllables: Cla·ren·don/ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/

Clarendon proper noun: a royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.

Proper noun

Clarendon (countable and uncountable, plural Clarendons)

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

Clarendon meaning in Tamil

Clarendon in Tamil

கனத்த முகப்புவாய்ந்த அச்செழுத்து வகை, கனத்த முகப்பு வாய்ந்த

Forms of Clarendon

pluralClarendons

Origin of Clarendon

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).

Words formed from Clarendon

Questions about Clarendon

What does Clarendon mean?
Clarendon means a royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.
What is Clarendon in Tamil?
Clarendon in Tamil is கனத்த முகப்புவாய்ந்த அச்செழுத்து வகை, கனத்த முகப்பு வாய்ந்த. See Clarendon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Clarendon?
Clarendon is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Clarendon?
Clarendon is pronounced /ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/.

Words near Clarendon in the dictionary

  1. Clarence Valley
  2. Clarence-Rockland
  3. clarences
  4. Clarenceux
  5. Clarencieux
  6. Clarendon
  7. Clarendon County
  8. Clarendon Vale
  9. Clarendonian
  10. Clarendons
  11. Clarent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Clarendon (page history and authors); clarendon (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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