Chatham

//ˈtʃæt.əm// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.
  2. 2
    Any of several other places of the same name:; A town, the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
  3. 3
    Any of several other places of the same name:; A community in Chatham-Kent, Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
  4. 4
    Any of several other places of the same name:; A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
  5. 5
    Any of several other places of the same name:; A township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
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  1. 6
    Any of several other places of the same name:; A community area and neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  2. 7
    Any of several other places of the same name:; A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
  3. 8
    An English habitational surname from the place name.

Etymology

From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).

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