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Clyde.

A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde.

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name/klʌɪd/Scotland/klaɪd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde.

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  2. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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  3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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  4. A village in northern Alberta, Canada.

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  5. A community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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  6. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.

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  7. A small town in Otago, New Zealand.

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  8. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.

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  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.

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  10. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Bryan County, Georgia.

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  11. A number of places in the United States: A small city in Cloud County, Kansas.

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  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan.

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  13. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.

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  14. A number of places in the United States: A village in Wayne County, New York.

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  15. A number of places in the United States: A town in Haywood County, North Carolina.

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  16. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and ghost town in Cavalier County, North Dakota.

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  17. A number of places in the United States: A city in Sandusky County, Ohio.

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  18. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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  19. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Darlington County, South Carolina.

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  20. A number of places in the United States: A small city in Callahan County, Texas.

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  21. A number of places in the United States: A small town and unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

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  22. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Ahnapee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

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  23. A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland).

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Where this word comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

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