Clifton

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪftən/

Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff +‎ -ton.

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

1. (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename
   1. A locale in England, United Kingdom.
      1. A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
      2. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638).
      3. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326).
      4. A village in Derbyshire.
      5. A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).
      6. A village in Fylde district, Lancashire.
      7. A village in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948)
      8. A suburb of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).
      9. A village in Northumberland.
      10. An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).
      11. A village in Oxfordshire.
      12. A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).
      13. A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).
      14. A village in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).
      15. A village in Worcestershire.
   2. A locale in New Zealand.
      1. A suburb of Christchurch.
      2. A suburb of Invercargill. [1]
      3. A village in Hawke's Bay. [2]
   3. A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
   4. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
   5. A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
   6. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in New Jersey.
      2. A city in Idaho.
      3. A city in Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city.
      4. A city in Tennessee.
      5. A city in Texas; named for nearby cliffs.
      6. A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.
      7. A town in Maine.
      8. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.
      9. A town in Virginia.
      10. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.
      11. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
      12. A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
      13. A village in Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago.
      14. A village in Massachusetts.
      15. A village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs.
      16. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
      17. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
      18. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
      19. A census-designated place in Colorado; named for nearby cliffs.
      20. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
      21. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
      22. An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri.
      23. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
      24. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
      25. An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs.
      26. A ghost town in Michigan.
      27. A ghost town in Nevada; named for nearby cliffs.
      28. (historical) Former name of Belfair.; A locality in Mason, Washington

• (surname): Cliffton

Calque of terms meaning cliff+town

Clifton

1. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland. An anglicization of its Irish name (Clochán).

Cliff +‎ -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif.

Clifton

1. An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff.