Clarinda

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/kləˈɹɪn.də/

proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    Her nearest handmayd, whom she most did trust, / And to her said: Clarinda, whom of all / I trust a live, sith I thee fostred first; […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29
  2. A city, the county seat of Page County, Iowa, United States.First known use 19th c.
  3. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia

Origin

From Clara + -inda.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Clarinda

LindakindaMelindaBelindaLucindaDorindaJacindaFlorindaArmindaLaurinda
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Anagrams

cardinalCarlinda
Cite this entry
APA

Clarinda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clarinda

MLA

“Clarinda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clarinda. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Clarinda,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clarinda.

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