"Clark" meaning in English

See Clark in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /klɑː(ɹ)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clark.wav Forms: Clarke [alternative], Clerk [alternative], Clerke [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|clerc||clergyman; learned man}} Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Clark
  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric.
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-kfEviz5D Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Translations (male given name): Κλάρκος (Klárkos) [masculine] (Greek), Κλαρκ (Klark) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-Vj3AlNl- Categories (other): English given names, English male given names Disambiguation of 'male given name': 2 83 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
  3. A locale in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado.
    Categories (place): Places in Colorado, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Colorado, USA
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-WB-5g6f- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 16 4 16 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 13 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 2 13 4 13 5 5 7 4 4 4 4 5 7 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 17 4 17 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 13 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 17 4 17 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 4 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 3 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 2 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 3 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 1 2 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 2 10 7 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 2 3 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 2 9 7 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 2 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 2 10 7 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 3
  4. A locale in the United States:
    A minor city in Randolph County, Missouri; named for Confederate general John Bullock Clark Jr..
    Categories (place): Cities in Missouri, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-ZbwSLRz5
  5. A locale in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Storey County and Washoe County, Nevada.
    Categories (place): Places in Nevada, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Nevada, USA
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-YiB00eZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 16 4 16 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 13 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 2 13 4 13 5 5 7 4 4 4 4 5 7 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 17 4 17 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 13 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 17 4 17 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 4 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 3 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 2 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 3 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 1 2 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 2 10 7 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 2 3 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 2 9 7 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 2 11 6 11 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 2 10 7 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 3
  6. A locale in the United States:
    A township in Union County, New Jersey; named for Declaration of Independence signatory Abraham Clark.
    Categories (place): Places in New Jersey, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-aHemM-a~ Categories (other): Townships
  7. A locale in the United States:
    A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
    Categories (place): Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-6P9SbiAG
  8. A locale in the United States:
    A city, the county seat of Clark County, South Dakota.
    Categories (place): Cities in South Dakota, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in South Dakota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-lx03VSQb Categories (other): County seats of South Dakota, USA
  9. A locale in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington.
    Categories (place): Places in Washington, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Washington, USA
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-je3ayBfT
  10. A locale in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
    Categories (place): Places in West Virginia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-a1WewlX6
  11. A locale in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in the town of Hixon, Clark County, Wisconsin.
    Categories (place): Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-vaxOLg5H
  12. A locale in the United States:
    A former settlement in California.
    Categories (place): Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-X9e5-TNy Categories (other): Former settlements
  13. A locale in the United States:
    A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Clark Township.
    Categories (place): Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-YikG3AAK Categories (other): Townships
  14. A locale in the Philippines.
    A freeport zone in Pampanga, site of a former United States Air Base.
    Categories (place): Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-9yyRQHID
  15. A locale in the Philippines.
    A development in Tarlac, the New Clark City.
    Categories (place): Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-Y~jLrEMk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 16 4 16 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 13 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 2 13 4 13 5 5 7 4 4 4 4 5 7 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 17 4 17 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 13 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 17 4 17 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 4 13 3
  16. A locale in the Philippines.
    A special economic zone spanning Tarlac and Pampanga province.
    Categories (place): Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Clark-en-name-xhJGVLNN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Clark cell, Clark County, Clark electrode, Clark Fork, Clarksdale, Clark's nutcracker, Lewis and Clark County Related terms: clark, cleric, clerk
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.