Clermont
English
Etymology
From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).
Proper noun
Clermont
- Ellipsis of Clermont-Ferrand.
- A commune of Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- A commune of Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- A commune of Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- A commune of Ariège department, Occitania, France.
- A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal.
- A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec.
- A city in Florida.
- A town in Georgia, United States.
- A town in Indiana.
- A city in Iowa.
- A town in New York; named for the nearby Taconic mountains.
- A town in Queensland; named for Clermont-Ferrand, the hometown of a founder.
- A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; named after an early landowner.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
The municipality is named after a French soldier, the sieur de Clermont (d. 1690).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Clermont m
- a township municipality of Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Derived terms
- Clermontain, Clermontaine
Paronyms
- clairement
- Clarmont
- Clémont