Clovis n : king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511) [syn: Clovis I]

Clovis may refer to:

In geography:

• Clovis, California
• Clovis, New Mexico

In royalty:

• Clovis I, the first king of the Franks to unite that entire nation
• Clovis II, king of Neustria and Burgundy
• Clovis III, the king of Austrasia from 675 to 676
• Clovis IV, the sole king of the Franks from 691 until his death

In archaeology:

• Clovis culture, the Paleo Indian culture of North America that first appears in the archaeological record of North America
• Clovis point, the oldest flint tools associated with the North American Clovis culture

In literature:

• Clovis Dardentor, 1896 fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne
• Clovis Sangrail, a character in the short stories of Saki, named because he was "so appallingly frank"

In biography:

• Clovis Cornillac (born 1967), French actor

In video-games:

• Clovis, the main antagonist in the Blade Runner game