clovis
IPA: kɫˈoʊvɪs
Root Word: Clovis
noun
- A male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
- A city, the county seat of Curry County, in central northeastern New Mexico, United States.
- A city in Fresno County, California, United States.
- (archaeology) A particular site that contains evidence of an early Native American culture; the culture associated with this site.
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Examples of "clovis" in Sentences
- The clovis section is very dated.
- Clovis is going to get folded in to.
- See the article on the Clovis culture.
- You may need to get Clovis in on this.
- Clovis was incorporated as a city in 1912.
- Evidence of human habitation before Clovis.
- Leal died in Clovis at the age of sixty nine.
- Clovis was freed and charged out in the prison.
- Apparently the Clovis culture no longer was a factor.
- The groundwater flow in Clovis is generally to the southwest.