Clifton

plural Cliftons · alternative Cliffton

1. countableAn English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
2. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
   2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638).
   3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326).
   4. countableuncountableA village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644).
   5. countableuncountableA small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).
   6. countableuncountableA village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630).
   7. countableuncountableA small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948).
   8. countableuncountableA suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
   9. countableuncountableA hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082).
   10. countableuncountableAn outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).
   11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831).
   12. countableuncountableA village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
   13. countableuncountableA suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
   14. countableuncountableA village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
   15. countableuncountableA small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446).
   16. countableuncountableA suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
   17. countableuncountableA suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
   18. countableuncountableA suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
   19. countableuncountableA village in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
   20. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
   21. countableuncountableA suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
   22. countableuncountableA town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
   23. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.
   24. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
   25. countableuncountableA minor city in Franklin County, Idaho.
   26. countableuncountableA village in Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
   27. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Brownsville Township, Union County, Indiana.
   28. countableuncountableA minor city in Clay County and Washington County, Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
   29. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
   30. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
   31. countableuncountableA town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   32. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the towns of Swampscott and Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
   33. countableuncountableA ghost town in Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
   34. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
   35. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.
   36. countableuncountableA ghost town in Lander County, Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.
   37. countableuncountableA city in Passaic County, New Jersey.
   38. countableuncountableA town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
   39. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.
   40. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina.
   41. countableuncountableA village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
   42. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
   43. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
   44. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
   45. countableuncountableA city in Wayne County, Tennessee.
   46. countableuncountableA city in Bosque County, Texas; named for nearby cliffs and originally named Cliff Town.
   47. countableuncountableA town in Fairfax County, Virginia.
   48. countablehistoricaluncountableFormer name of Belfair: a locality in Mason, Washington.
   49. countableuncountableA town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
   50. countableuncountableA town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   51. countableuncountableA town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
   52. countableuncountableA number of townships, listed under Clifton Township.

1. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).