"Cliff" meaning in English

See Cliff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: The given name is from shortenings of the diminutives. The surname is from the noun cliff. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cliff
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-RhL5v2db Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 37 2 12 14 10 11 13
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. Categories (place): Places in Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-jW49pqw0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 17 18 18 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 16 17 19 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 17 18 20 18 21
  4. A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Categories (place): Census-designated places in New Mexico, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in New Mexico, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-Ct0YPUgy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 17 18 18 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 16 17 19 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 17 18 20 18 21
  5. A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198). Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Warwickshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Warwickshire, England
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-sTf4tisF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 17 18 18 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 16 17 19 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 17 18 20 18 21
  6. A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201). Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Greater Manchester, England
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-Hqp-7~FW Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester, England, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 17 18 18 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 16 17 19 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 17 18 20 18 21
  7. A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835). Categories (place): Places in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, Places in Scotland, Villages in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, Villages in Scotland
    Sense id: en-Cliff-en-name-6tKg0P5f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 17 18 18 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 16 17 19 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 17 18 20 18 21
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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 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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.