Chartres

//ˈʃɑɹtɹə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of chartre form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
  2. 2
    A settlement on West Falkland, Falkland Islands, named after Edward Chartres, a naval surgeon.
  3. 3
    A surname.

Example

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"Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size."

Etymology

From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

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