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Sinclair

/sɪŋˈklɛə/ · name

Meaning

  1. An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
  2. A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
  5. A placename:
  6. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name, that of a clan.
  7. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  8. A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.

Etymology / origin

Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.

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