Chatham

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UK/ˈtʃæt.əm/US/ˈtʃæð.əm/

proper noun

A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard (OS grid ref TQ7667).

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Meanings

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. Any of several other places of the same name:
    1. A settlement near Machen in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2189).
    2. A community and former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, southwestern Ontario, Canada.
    3. A neighbourhood of Sitka, Alaska, named after Chatham Strait.
    4. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida.
    5. A community area and neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois.
    6. A village and township in Sangamon County, Illinois.
    7. An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Buchanan County, Iowa.
    8. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
    9. A town in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
    10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

      Synonyms: Monomoit

    11. A village in Rock River Township, Alger County, Michigan.
    12. A township in Wright County, Minnesota.
    13. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi.
    14. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
    15. A borough and township in Morris County, New Jersey.
    16. A town in Columbia County, New York.
    17. A village in the towns of Chatham and Ghent, Columbia County, New York.
    18. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
    19. An unincorporated community and township in Medina County, Ohio.
    20. An unincorporated community in London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    21. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
    22. A town, the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  3. An English habitational surname from the place name.
  4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Earl of Chatham; usually the first Earl, prime minister William Pitt ('Pitt the Elder').

    "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

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

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Monomoit

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Chatham

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Anagrams

Hatcham
Cite this entry
APA

Chatham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chatham

MLA

“Chatham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chatham. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chatham,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chatham.

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