Clare

clare 'clare English Pronunciation en /klɛə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clare.wav Southern England en /klɛɚ/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aika77-Clare.wav GA en /kleː/ AU en /kleə/ NZ,non-near-square en /kliə/ NZ,near-square en /kleɹ/ Scotland en /klɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire,square-nurse en Claire clear<aa:near-square> en ɛə(ɹ) 1 Etymology 1 The anglicized spelling of en ga Clár, from en sga clár plank, board, from en cel-pro *klāros, cel-pro *klārom table. Proper noun en county c/Ireland. en town co/Cavan c/Ireland. en district municipality in co/Digby County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada named after County Clare. en number of places c/USA, likely to be named after County Clare: en unincorporated community co/DeKalb County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/White River co/Hamilton County s/Indiana. en minor city co/Webster County s/Iowa; after County Clare. en unincorporated community co/Johnson County s/Kansas. en city mostly in co/Clare County s/Michigan; after its county and County Clare. en town co/St. Lawrence County s/New York. en town p:suf/Mpumalanga c/South Africa. en locality in the carea/Balranald south-western s/New South Wales c/Australia. en town council area:suf/Clare and Gilbert Valleys Mid North region, s/South Australia. Derived terms en Clare and Gilbert Valleys Clare County Point Clare Translations county Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 克萊爾郡 Kèlái'ěr Jùn Irish: ga Contae an Chláir m Macedonian: mk Клер m Manx: gv Coontae yn Chlaair m Russian: ru Клэр m town in Ireland Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 克萊爾 Kèlái'ěr Macedonian: mk Клер m Russian: ru Клэр m Etymology 2 Medieval English vernacular form of Clara, from the en la clara, feminine of la clarus bright, shining, clear, a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara of Assisi. In Oxfordshire, from Clarora, a clay slope. Proper noun en unisex Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward. : Act I, Scene iv: Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more, But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare. 1991, Thomas Head, "Clare of Assisi", An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers: Following Francis of Assisi Francis' example, Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis of Assisi Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor. en 1999 Margaret York The Price of Guilt 58 "What's your name?""Clare Fairweather," she said. "Awful, isn't it?" and went away, hiding her mirth. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205210834/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/books/review/show-me-a-sign-ann-clare-lezotte.html Meg Medina Meg Medina A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century 2020-04-27 Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12). en small town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/West Suffolk co/Suffolk cc/England previously in dist/St Edmundsbury OS grid ref TL7745. Parish map (Suffolk) en hamlet par/Pyrton dist/South Oxfordshire co/Oxfordshire cc/England OS grid ref SU6798. OS: Oxfordshire en Cantab informal en w:Clare College, Cambridge. Derived terms en Clarist en Stoke-by-Clare Translations Clara Noun en Catholicism en Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. en 1759 w:Alban Butler The Lives of the... Saints IV 87 The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche of Artois Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund Crouchback Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III of England Henry III. and brother to Edward I of England Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, and their house the Minories... Etymology 3 Proper noun en Old English derived from ang clǣġ clay as an occupational name for a worker in clay. en male surnames quite uncommon. References Anagrams en acelr Carle Clear Caler Carel carle recal clear lacer en People Women Monasticism en eponyms unisex given names Manx Etymology gv Proper noun gv proper noun f gv female Clara Latin Mutation C lare