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Clarksdale

Clarksdale proper noun: an unincorporated community in Christian County, Illinois, United States.

Proper noun

Clarksdale

  1. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Illinois, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Brown County, Indiana, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.
    • It was a Saturday night in Clarksdale 25 years ago that inspired blues aficionado-turned-Clarksdale champion Roger Stolle to move to town.2025 August 14, Jim Beaugez, “The blues live in this Mississippi Delta town”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025
  4. A small city in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States.

Origin of Clarksdale

From the surname Clark + -s- + dale.

Questions about Clarksdale

What does Clarksdale mean?
Clarksdale means an unincorporated community in Christian County, Illinois, United States.
What part of speech is Clarksdale?
Clarksdale is a proper noun.

Words near Clarksdale in the dictionary

  1. Clarkin
  2. Clarkins
  3. Clarko
  4. clarks
  5. Clarksburg
  6. Clarksdale
  7. Clarkson
  8. Clarkson's disease
  9. Clarksonian
  10. Clarkston
  11. Clarkstons

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