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[ kloh -vis ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkloʊ vɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective of or relating to a Paleo-Indian cultural tradition of North America, especially the American Southwest, dated 10,000–9000 b.c. and characterized by a usually bifacial, fluted stone projectile point (Clovis point ) used in big-game hunting.
Origin of Clovis 1 1955–60; after Clovis, New Mexico, near where such projectile points were found
Words nearby Clovis clove oil, clove pink, clover, cloverleaf, cloverleaf aerial, Clovis , Clovis I, clovis point, clowder, clown, clown anemone
Definition for Clovis (2 of 2) [ kloh -vis ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkloʊ vɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a town in central California.
a city in E New Mexico.
a male given name.
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Example sentences from the Web for Clovis While the Clovis , California native may not have completely believed that, he wasn't about to sit around and find out.
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The first U.S. immigrants were known as the Clovis people and arrived 13,000 years ago from Asia.
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That meant the Clovis child should have been of European ancestry.
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During the strike, brothers Clovis and Bennie Martin owned a small coffee shop and restaurant in the French Market.
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Clovis was the first king who fancied it, and settled there.
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But the child lived, and Clovis grew less incredulous of the God of his wife.
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Father Clovis , as this old soldier was called, was a great friend of Pitou.
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Alaric (son-in-law of Theodoric), defeated and killed by Clovis at Poitiers, 9; 52.
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The antrustions seem to have played an important part at the time of Clovis .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 | Various
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