Meanings
plural Clydes
- uncountableusuallyA 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.
- uncountableusuallyA suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- uncountableusuallyA community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- uncountableusuallyA former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
- uncountableusuallyA small town in Otago, New Zealand.
- A number of places in the United States:
- uncountableusuallyA census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
- uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.
- uncountableusuallyA ghost town in Bryan County, Georgia.
- uncountableusuallyA small city in Cloud County, Kansas.
- uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
- uncountableusuallyA census-designated place and unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
- uncountableusuallyA village in Wayne County, New York.
- uncountableusuallyA town in Haywood County, North Carolina.
- uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community and ghost town in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
- uncountableusuallyA city in Sandusky County, Ohio.
- uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
- uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Darlington County, South Carolina.
- uncountableusuallyA small city in Callahan County, Texas.
- uncountableusuallyA small town and unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in the town of Ahnapee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
- USuncountableusuallyA male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland).
1 more example
The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).
2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2025
Origin
- Scottish GaelicCluaidh
- EnglishClyde
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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German Clyde
- Clydesuburb of Sydney
Romanian Clyde
- Clydesuburb of Sydney
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Cite this entry
Clyde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clyde
“Clyde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clyde. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Clyde,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clyde.
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