clare
/klɛɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
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A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
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A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
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A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
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A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
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A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
Example Sentences
- "Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more, But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare."
- "Following Francis' example, Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor."
- ""What's your name?" "Clare Fairweather," she said. "Awful, isn't it?" and went away, hiding her mirth."
- "Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12)."
- "The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III. and brother to Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, and their house the Minories..."
Etymology
The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /klɛɚ/
- British English: /klɛə/