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Clive
Meaning
Verb
●
In Thistles:
To
climb
; ascend.
●
In Thistles:
To
split
;
separate
;
cleave
; chop.
Noun
●
In Thistles:
Burdock or agrimony.
Name
●
A
topographic
surname
from Old English - someone who
lived
near
a
cliff
(Old English clif).
●
A
male
given name
transferred
from the
surname
. Popular in Britain in
mid-twentieth
century.
●
A
village
in Alberta.
●
A
city
in Iowa.
●
A
town
on the Clive River in Hawke's Bay
region
, New Zealand.
●
A
village
and
civil parish
in
north
Shropshire, England (OS
grid
ref
SJ5124).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
clive
English
cliven
Middle English (1100-1500)
clifan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
klyfja
Old Norse
Sourced from
Etym
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