Clifton
hamlet · Stirling
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name combines the Old English 'clif' (cliff, steep bank) with 'tun' (farmstead, village). It likely means 'settlement by the cliff'.
Word origins
- clif
- Old Englishcliff, steep bank(from clif "cliff")
- tun
- Old Englishfarmstead, village, settlement(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")