Ash vs Cliff

Ash

name
  • A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2858). 

  • A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh. 

  • A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees. 

  • A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti. 

  • A small village in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6064). 

  • Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent 

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A town and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near Aldershot (OS grid ref SU8950). 

  • The Egyptian god of oases. 

Cliff

name
  • A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198). 

  • A surname. 

  • A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. 

  • A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835). 

  • A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton. 

  • An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. 

  • A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201). 

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