Clapton
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Clapperton
Etymology
editFrom Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editClapton (countable and uncountable, plural Claptons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486).
- 2018, “Ace Feat. Smino & Saba”, in Room 25[1], performed by Noname:
- I'm roll on track, I'm in this field / I'm shot, you put me in my feels / She made it clap clap clap clappity-clap out in Clapton
- A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3870).
- A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1617). [1]
- Synonym: Clapton-on-the-Hill
- A village in Ston Easton parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6453).
- A village in Wayford parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4106).
- A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Clapton is the 7212th most common surname in England, belonging to 912 individuals.
References
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clapton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341.
- Forebears
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