Definitions

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  • proper noun A (US) city in central northeastern New Mexico.
  • proper noun A (US) city in California.
  • proper noun archaeology A site that contained evidence of an early Native American culture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511)

Etymologies

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Shortened from Latin Clodovicus, an equivalent of Louis.

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Examples

  • According to the French researcher Michel Lamy, the name Clovis Dardentor actually means “the gold of the descendants of the Merovingian kings.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • According to the French researcher Michel Lamy, the name Clovis Dardentor actually means “the gold of the descendants of the Merovingian kings.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • According to the French researcher Michel Lamy, the name Clovis Dardentor actually means “the gold of the descendants of the Merovingian kings.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • Recruiters have encountered some resentment because of the deaths, but many people in Clovis, which is predominantly Republican and conservative, feel the military is a positive influence.

    Beneath Calif. town's grief, a sense of duty persists 2008

  • And then there are the idiots who think that my son, born in Clovis, New Mexico, must be Mexican.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Why “Washington, DC”? 2010

  • And when he was being instructed before his baptism (by St. Remigius, I suppose) and had got down as far as the story of the Crucifixion, Clovis is said to have remarked, "If I had been there with my Franks, we wouldn't have stood for that sort of thing".

    She Doesn't Pay Her Musicians! John 2008

  • Many in Clovis — from Mayor Bob Whalen on down — ask, "Why us?"

    Beneath Calif. town's grief, a sense of duty persists 2008

  • Jimenez says the war losses have boosted recruiting in Clovis by promoting patriotism: "It reminds me of after 9/11," he says, "that sense of togetherness."

    Beneath Calif. town's grief, a sense of duty persists 2008

  • The battle was won and Clovis is baptized on Christmas Eve 496 at Rheims by the bishop St. Remi.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Marguerite 2007

  • In 496, Clovis is at war, and losing the battle of Tolbiac.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Marguerite 2007

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