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Clydeside

Clydeside proper noun: the area along the River Clyde around the Glasgow council area, Scotland, possibly also including places such as Clydebank.

Proper noun

Clydeside

  1. The area along the River Clyde around the Glasgow council area, Scotland, possibly also including places such as Clydebank.
    • The Glasgow electrification symbol of yellow and blue "Vs" overlapping on a black background is becoming familiar on Clydeside.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714

Origin of Clydeside

From Clyde + side.

Words formed from Clydeside

Questions about Clydeside

What does Clydeside mean?
Clydeside means the area along the River Clyde around the Glasgow council area, Scotland, possibly also including places such as Clydebank.
What part of speech is Clydeside?
Clydeside is a proper noun.

Words near Clydeside in the dictionary

  1. Clydes
  2. Clydesdale
  3. Clydesdale terrier
  4. Clydesdale terriers
  5. Clydesdales
  6. Clydeside
  7. Clydesider
  8. Clydesiders
  9. clyer
  10. clyers
  11. clyfaker

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