# Clarendon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/ · frequency rank #27,089

## Definitions
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 locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
8. A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
9. A habitational surname from Old English.
10. A serif typeface.

## Etymology
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).

## Common misspellings (14)
`calrendon`, `cclarendon`, `claerndon`, `clarednon`, `clarenddon`, `clarendno`, `clarendonn`, `clarenndon`, `clarenodn`, `clarnedon`, `clarrendon`, `cllarendon`, `clraendon`, `lcarendon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/clarendon