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Clermont

Clermont proper noun: a commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. Also the ellipsis of Clermont-Ferrand.

Proper noun

Clermont

  1. A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  2. A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  3. A commune in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  4. A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
  5. A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal.
  6. A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec.
  7. A city in Florida.
  8. A town in Georgia, United States.
  9. A town in Indiana.
  10. A city in Iowa.
  11. A town in New York; named for the nearby Taconic mountains.
  12. A town in Queensland; named for Clermont-Ferrand, the hometown of a founder.
  13. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; named after an early landowner.

Also used as

Clermont is also the ellipsis of Clermont-Ferrand.

Origin of Clermont

From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

Words formed from Clermont

Questions about Clermont

What does Clermont mean?
Clermont means a commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
What part of speech is Clermont?
Clermont is a proper noun.

Words near Clermont in the dictionary

  1. clerks of the works
  2. clerks of works
  3. clerkship
  4. clerkships
  5. clerky
  6. Clermont
  7. Clermont County
  8. Clermont-Ferrand
  9. clerocidin
  10. clerocracies
  11. clerocracy

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