- Firth of Clyde ⇒
an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles) a river in S Scotland, rising in South Lanarkshire and flowing northwest to the Firth of Clyde: formerly extensive shipyards. Length: 170 km (106 miles)
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clyde
(klīd),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
Clyde (klīd),USA pronunciation n.
- Slang Terms(sometimes cap.) a stupid, inept, or boorish person.
- Slang Termsthe brain or mind.
- probably generic use of the personal name
Clyde (klīd),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 mi. (170 km) long.
- Place Names Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in SW Scotland. 64 mi. (103 km) long.
- a male given name: a Scottish family name, after the Clyde River.
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'clyde' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Antonine Wall
- Arran
- Beatty
- Bute
- Buteshire
- Campbell
- Clydebank
- Doon
- Dumbarton
- Glasgow
- Greenock
- Kluckhohn
- Lowlands
- Motherwell
- North Ayrshire
- Pict
- Pluto
- Prestwick
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- Tombaugh
- West Dunbartonshire
- bute
- fitch