Chatham en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtʃæt.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈtʃæð.əm/ (General-American)
Etymology
From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).
Meanings
- A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard (OS grid ref TQ7667).
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A settlement near Machen in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2189).
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A community and former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, southwestern Ontario, Canada.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Sitka, Alaska, named after Chatham Strait.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A community area and neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village and township in Sangamon County, Illinois.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Buchanan County, Iowa.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Rock River Township, Alger County, Michigan.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Wright County, Minnesota.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough and township in Morris County, New Jersey.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Columbia County, New York.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in the towns of Chatham and Ghent, Columbia County, New York.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and township in Medina County, Ohio.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
- Any of several other places of the same name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town, the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
- An English habitational surname from the place name.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Earl of Chatham; usually the first Earl, prime minister William Pitt ('Pitt the Elder').
alt of Earl of Chatham
"And you, though you will not say so, intend to rival Chatham, and to make your thousand converts in politics."
1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 46, in Can You Forgive Her, London: Chapman and Hall:
Deriveds
Chatham Island · South Chatham · Chatham County · Chatham Port · since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard · West Chatham · North Chatham · Chatham Standard Time · Chatham Daylight Time · Chatham-Kent · Chathamite · Chats · Chatham Islands · Chatham Valley · when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard