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Clyde
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English
River +
Etymology
From en gd Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).
Pronunciation
en /klʌɪd/ Scotland
en /klaɪd/ RP,GA
en En-us-Clyde.ogg GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clyde.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-Clyde.wav UK
en aɪd 1
en clied<aa:without the Scottish Vowel Length Rule>
Proper noun
- s
en with the en major river in Scotland, flowing from carea/South Lanarkshire past carea/North Lanarkshire through carea/Glasgow and past carea/Renfrewshire and carea/West Dunbartonshire to the place/Firth of Clyde.
en suburb city/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en suburb city/Melbourne s/Victoria c/Australia.
en village in northern p/Alberta c/Canada.
en community twp:pref/North Dumfries rmun/Waterloo p/Ontario c/Canada.
en former township mun:pref/Dysart *et al, co/Haliburton County p/Ontario.
en small town r/Otago c/New Zealand.
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Contra Costa County s/California.
en ucomm co/Imperial County s/California.
en ghost town co/Bryan County s/Georgia.
en small city co/Cloud County s/Kansas.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Highland co/Oakland County s/Michigan.
en CDP/and/ucomm twp:Suf/Franklin co/Somerset County s/New Jersey.
en village co/Wayne County s/New York.
en town co/Haywood County s/North Carolina.
en ucomm/and/ghost town co/Cavalier County s/North Dakota.
en city co/Sandusky County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Indiana County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Darlington County s/South Carolina.
en small city co/Callahan County s/Texas.
en small town/and/ucomm co/Iowa County s/Wisconsin.
en ucomm town:pref/Ahnapee co/Kewaunee County s/Wisconsin.
en chiefly US en male place names _(the River Clyde in en Scotland).
en-GB Zach Vasquez From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV w:The Guardian 2025-08-07 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/07/south-park-anti-deportation-episode-ice 0261-3077 The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”). https://web.archive.org/web/20250818183732/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/07/south-park-anti-deportation-episode-ice
Derived terms
en Clydebank Apartheid Clyde Clydesdale Clyde North Clydeside Firth of Clyde Inverclyde Port Clyde
Translations
suburb of Sydney
German: de Clyde
Romanian: ro Clyde
Anagrams
en cdely decyl
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Clyde, from ceb cel -. Often humorously used as an anglicization of ceb Claudio.
Pronunciation
klyad
Proper noun
klayd
ceb male English < Celtic languages
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Clyde + 1
Pronunciation
klayd #
Proper noun
klayd
tl male English