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Clough.

A surname transferred from the common noun.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/klʌf/
  1. A surname transferred from the common noun.

  2. A village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.

  3. A village in County Laois, Ireland.

  4. An extinct town in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.

Where this word comes from

* As an English surname, from the noun clough. * As a Welsh surname, from cloff (“lame”), from Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person. * As an Irish place name, from Irish an Chloch, "the stone".

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