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Clarinda

American  
[kluh-rin-duh] / kləˈrɪn də /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Clara.


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It would not matter, he said, if he were speaking in Clarinda, Iowa — a city of 5,300 — or West Des Moines, a city of 70,000.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2022

Axios Des Moines first reported that Tipton had been freed from the state prison in Clarinda.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2022

“Am I Cardi B? I’m no Cardi B,” said Hickey, a stay-at-home mother living in Clarinda, Iowa, referring to the rapper.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2019

The state Department of Corrections currently has operations at Clarinda and Mount Pleasant, which houses two of the state’s four mental health institutions.

From Washington Times Feb. 10, 2015

“I am delighted, charming Clarinda, with your honest enthusiasm for religion,” writes Burns; and the pair entertained a fiction that this was their “favourite subject.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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