Cliff

name
Middle School
1

A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.

2

A surname.

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

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