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clarke

n. (non-gloss definition: An English occupational surname, a variant of Clark)

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Clarke -- U.S. County in Iowa
Population (2000): 9133
Housing Units (2000): 3934
Land area (2000): 431.115646 sq. miles (1116.584349 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.599761 sq. miles (1.553373 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 431.715407 sq. miles (1118.137722 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.027425 N, 93.791292 W
Headwords:
Clarke
Clarke, IA
Clarke County
Clarke County, IA
Clarke -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 27867
Housing Units (2000): 12631
Land area (2000): 1238.375308 sq. miles (3207.377186 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.129910 sq. miles (36.596298 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1252.505218 sq. miles (3243.973484 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.688155 N, 87.834164 W
Headwords:
Clarke
Clarke, AL
Clarke County
Clarke County, AL
Clarke -- U.S. County in Mississippi
Population (2000): 17955
Housing Units (2000): 8100
Land area (2000): 691.267051 sq. miles (1790.373368 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.143978 sq. miles (5.552878 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 693.411029 sq. miles (1795.926246 sq. km)
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 32.056730 N, 88.725147 W
Headwords:
Clarke
Clarke, MS
Clarke County
Clarke County, MS
Clarke -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 12652
Housing Units (2000): 5388
Land area (2000): 176.616482 sq. miles (457.434570 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.568920 sq. miles (4.063485 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 178.185402 sq. miles (461.498055 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 39.114959 N, 77.992826 W
Headwords:
Clarke
Clarke, VA
Clarke County
Clarke County, VA
Clarke -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 101489
Housing Units (2000): 42126
Land area (2000): 120.791108 sq. miles (312.847519 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.492432 sq. miles (1.275394 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 121.283540 sq. miles (314.122913 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.954747 N, 83.380111 W
Headwords:
Clarke
Clarke, GA
Clarke County
Clarke County, GA
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Clarke (disambiguation)

Clarke is an Irish surname.

Clarke may also refer to:

Clarke

Clarke is an Anglo-Irish surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin but the original word comes from Latin for clericus. There are some surname variants, including Clark and Clerk. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name.

Clarke (MCC cricketer)

Clarke (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Marylebone Cricket Club who was active in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1818, totalling 9 runs with a highest score of 5.

Clarke (given name)

Clarke is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Clarke Abel (c. 1789–1826), British surgeon and naturalist
  • Clarke Carlisle (born 1979), English footballer
  • Clarke Dermody (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Clarke Fraser (born 1920), Canadian medical geneticist
  • Clarke Hinkle (1909-1988), American National Football League player
  • Clarke Hogan (born 1969), American politician
  • Clarke Lewis (1840–1896), United States Representative from Mississippi
  • Clarke MacArthur (born 1985), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Clarke Peters (born 1952), American actor, singer, writer and director
  • Clarke Reed (born 1928), American politician
  • Clarke Scholes (1930-2010), American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
  • Clarke Wilm (born 1976), Canadian hockey player

Usage examples of "clarke".

Colonel James Adair would never stoop to making an alliance with the likes of Sarah Clarke.

Coral Lorenzen, author of The Great Flying Saucer Hoax and an international director of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, immediately followed through on the startling rumors by putting in a call to Terry Clarke of KALG Radio in Alamogordo, nine miles east of Holloman.

I often reproached my dear friend and classmate, Tames Freeman Clarke, that his ceaseless labors made it impossible for his coevals to enjoy the luxury of that repose which their years demanded.

Still, he had to admit that the Clarke Project had driven the air pressure up to twenty millibars at Mars City.

Clarke were the only two reliable writers of science for the general audience.

Sir Thomas Clarke sold Merdon to William Brock, a lawyer, from whom it passed to John Arundel, and then to Sir Nathanael Napier, whose son, Sir Gerald, parted with it again to Richard Maijor, the son of the mayor of Southampton.

She watched him think a minute after Dorrie Clarke had banged the door, then swiftly wrote something on a piece of paper which he took from a notebook.

And him speaking to Dorrie Clarke like that, and now asking Tim to go a message.

Annie, you, Dome Clarke and Doctor Davidson, all leading me to the Tolmaches.

Sir Carmichael Clarke, although his name was not very well known to the general public, was a man of some eminence.

Sir Carmichael Clarke had purchased a site of some two acres commanding an uninterrupted view of the sea.

Sir Carmichael Clarke, it seemed, had been in the habit of taking a stroll after dinner every evening.

Franklin Clarke shook hands with each of us in turn and in each case the handshake was accompanied by a piercing look.

Franklin Clarke led the way through the French window, and Miss Grey accompanied us.

Sir Carmichael Clarke, and the police incline to the belief that both crimes were committed by the same person.