Cloyd is the anglicized form of the Welsh Clwyd, referring to the
River Clwyd
The River Clwyd (Welsh: ''Afon Clwyd'') is a river in Wales that rises in the Clocaenog Forest () northwest of Corwen. Its total length is .
It flows due south until, at Melin-y-wig, it veers north-eastwards, tracking the A494 and passing t ...
in northeast Wales.
It may also refer to:
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Clwyd
Clwyd () is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire to th ...
, the former Welsh county named for the river
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Flintshire
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, the English name of the same area which was known as Clwyd in Welsh
Name
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Cloyd Boyer
Cloyd Victor Boyer Jr. (September 1, 1927 – September 20, 2021) was an American right-handed pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball who played between 1949 and 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1949–52) and Kansas City Athletic ...
(born 1927), former right-handed pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball
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Cloyd Head (1886–1969), Chicago playwright and theatrical director born in Oak Park, Illinois
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Cloyd H. Marvin
Cloyd Heck Marvin (August 22, 1889 – April 27, 1969) was the longest serving president of the George Washington University, from 1927 to 1959, and previously the then-youngest American university president from 1922–1927 at the University o ...
(1889–1969), longest serving president of George Washington University, and the then-youngest American university president
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Cloyd A. Porter (born 1935), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Cloyd (surname), a surname carried by some families from the Clwyd area
Other uses
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15499 Cloyd, an asteroid
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Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia on May 9, 1864, that allowed the Union forces to destroy a large bridge on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The railroad was used to carry Confederate troops and suppli ...
, May 1864, in the American Civil War
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