Clough

See also: clough

English

Etymology
  • As an English surname, from the noun clough.
  • As a Welsh surname, from cloff (“lame”), from Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person.[1]
  • As an Irish place name, from Irish an Chloch, "the stone".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klʌf/
  • Rhymes: -ʌf

Proper noun

Clough

  1. A surname transferred from the common noun.
  2. A village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  3. A village in County Laois, Ireland.
  4. An extinct town in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.

References
  1. The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. (1982). United States: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, p. 24
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