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Chatham

Today it means: A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard (OS grid ref TQ7667). Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.