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chatham

/ˈtʃæð.əm/

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What does chatham mean?

proper noun

  1. A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard (OS grid ref TQ7667).
  2. A settlement near Machen in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2189).
  3. A community and former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, southwestern Ontario, Canada.
More meanings (22)

proper noun

  1. A neighbourhood of Sitka, Alaska, named after Chatham Strait.
  2. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida.
  3. A community area and neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois.
  4. A village and township in Sangamon County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Buchanan County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
  7. A town in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
  8. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
  9. A village in Rock River Township, Alger County, Michigan.
  10. A township in Wright County, Minnesota.
  11. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi.
  12. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  13. A borough and township in Morris County, New Jersey.
  14. A town in Columbia County, New York.
  15. A village in the towns of Chatham and Ghent, Columbia County, New York.
  16. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
  17. An unincorporated community and township in Medina County, Ohio.
  18. An unincorporated community in London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  19. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  20. A town, the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  21. An English habitational surname from the place name.
  22. Ellipsis of Earl of Chatham; usually the first Earl, prime minister William Pitt ('Pitt the Elder').
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At Chatham he is said to have taken part in a mutiny and been flogged for his pains.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
These zealous soldiers imagined that she was a German ship bent on observation of the dockyard at Chatham.
George WhaleBritish Airships, Past, Present, and FutureProject Gutenberg ebook #762
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A lamentable instance is that of certain flightless Rails, recently extinct or sub-fossil, on the isalnds of Mauritius, Rodriguez and Chatham.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
In the course of the same year, his brother Joseph died, and Phineas succeeded to his post as master shipbuilder at Chatham.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
At Chatham, England, there is a school of submarine mining, in which men are trained to lay torpedoes and complete harbor defense.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747