Clarendon

The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name).

The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 1870).

The typeface was named after the Clarendon Press, which was named after the Earl of Clarendon (a former chancellor of Oxford University).

• IPA^(key): /ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/
• Hyphenation: Cla‧ren‧don
• Rhymes: -æɹəndən

Clarendon (countable and uncountable, plural Clarendons)

1. A royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.
2. A peerage title (especially in reference to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon).
3. A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
4. A parish of Jamaica.
5. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Donley County, Texas, United States.
7. A habitational surname from Old English.
8. A serif typeface.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Clarendon is the 193489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clarendon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341.
• Forebears

The municipality is named after the English estate of Clarendon Park, famous for being the birthplace of the Constitutions of Clarendon.

• IPA^(key): /kla.ʁən.dɔn/
• Hyphenation: Cla‧ren‧don
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Clarendon m

1. A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

• Clarendonian