name
Meaning 1
A county of Ireland.
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Standard Lemma guide
Clare
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /klɛə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /klɛɚ/
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Australian: /kleː/
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New-Zealand: /kleə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/kliə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /kleɹ/
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/klɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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homophone: Claire
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homophone: clear (cheer–chair merger)
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K L EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
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name
Meaning 3
A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
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Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
An unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
A minor city in Webster County, Iowa; after County Clare.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
A city mostly in Clare County, Michigan; after its county and County Clare.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
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Meaning 10
A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
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Meaning 11
A locality in the Balranald council area, south-western New South Wales, Australia.
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Meaning 12
A town in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, Mid North region, South Australia.
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name
Meaning 13
A unisex given name.
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name
Meaning 14
A female given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
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Meaning 15
A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7745).
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Meaning 16
A hamlet in Pyrton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6798).
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Meaning 17
Ellipsis of Clare College, Cambridge.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Qualifier: Cambridge University
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Meaning 18
A surname from Old English derived from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
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Meaning 19
A male given name transferred from the surname, of quite uncommon usage.
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noun
Meaning 20
Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
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Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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History
Etymology
The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).
Medieval English vernacular form of Clara, from the Latin clara, feminine of 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.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 克萊爾郡 /克莱尔郡 (Kèlái'ěr Jùn) — county
- Irish: Contae an Chláir — county
- Macedonian: Клер (Kler) — county
- Manx: Coontae yn Chlaair — county
- Russian: Клэр (Klɛr) — county
- Chinese Mandarin: 克萊爾 /克莱尔 (Kèlái'ěr) — town in Ireland
- Macedonian: Клер (Kler) — town in Ireland
- Russian: Клэр (Klɛr) — town in Ireland
Real reading context