Clyde

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Scotland/klʌɪd/US, UK/klaɪd/

proper noun

A 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.

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper nounClyde (usually uncountable, plural Clydes)

plural Clydes

  1. 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.
  2. uncountableusuallyA suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. uncountableusuallyA suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. uncountableusuallyA village in northern Alberta, Canada.
  5. uncountableusuallyA community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  6. uncountableusuallyA former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
  7. uncountableusuallyA small town in Otago, New Zealand.
  8. A number of places in the United States:
    1. uncountableusuallyA ghost town in Bryan County, Georgia.
    2. uncountableusuallyA small city in Cloud County, Kansas.
    3. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
    4. uncountableusuallyA village in Wayne County, New York.
    5. uncountableusuallyA town in Haywood County, North Carolina.
    6. uncountableusuallyA city in Sandusky County, Ohio.
    7. uncountableusuallyA small city in Callahan County, Texas.
    8. uncountableusuallyA small town and unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
    9. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in the town of Ahnapee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
  9. 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

  1. Scottish GaelicCluaidh
  2. 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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Translations

German Clyde
  • Clydesuburb of Sydney
Romanian Clyde
  • Clydesuburb of Sydney

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Clyde

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Sounds the same

clied (without the Scottish Vowel Length Rule)

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Clyde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clyde

MLA

“Clyde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clyde. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Clyde,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clyde.

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