Etymology

clarence

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Today it means: A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers. Full definition →

Italian Chiarenza
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clarence · noun1

Named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become William IV of the United Kingdom.

Clarence · proper noun2

  1. Italian · derived fromChiarenza
  2. English todayClarence

Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.

Words from the same roots

ItalianChiarenza all →

Chiarenza

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