Cheltenham

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UK/ˈtʃɛlt(ə)nəm//ˈtʃælt(ə)nəm/

proper noun

A town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, famous for its racecourse.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, famous for its racecourse.

    We couldn't get him back into training before Christmas time because he picked up an injury at the Cheltenham Festival last year and we had to go softly softly.

    2006 April 28, “Royal heads Betfred field”, in RTE Sport, Ireland, retrieved 22 Jun 2009
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    The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.

    2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A neighbourhood of South Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
    2. An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland.
    3. A neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
    4. A township and census-designated place therein, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
  3. A community in the town of Caledon, Peel municipality, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A community in Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  5. A place in Australia:
    1. A suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales.
    2. A rural locality in North Burnett Region, Queensland.
    3. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
    4. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Bayside and City of Kingston, Victoria.
  6. A neighbourhood and beach near Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
  7. A rural settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand.
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APA

Cheltenham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheltenham

MLA

“Cheltenham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheltenham. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cheltenham,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheltenham.

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