Chatham

English + Township Etymology From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + ang hām home. Pronunciation en /ˈtʃæt.əm/ RP en /ˈtʃæð.əm/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Chatham.wav US en ætəm 2 Proper noun en port/and/town on the River river/Medway in co/Kent cc/England; the home of the Royal dockyard OS grid ref TQ7667. Any of several other places of the same name: en settlement near x/Machen in wcomm/Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen cobor:noaff/Caerphilly cc/Wales OS grid ref ST2189. List of United Kingdom locations: Char-Che#Chas-Chaz en comm/and/former twp mun:suf/Chatham-Kent southwestern p/Ontario c/Canada. en number of places c/USA: en neighbourhood x/Sitka s/Alaska, named after Chatham Strait. en ucomm co/Monroe County s/Florida. en community area/and/neighbourhood in city/Chicago s/Illinois. en village/and/twp co/Sangamon County s/Illinois. en ucomm twp:Suf/Perry co/Buchanan County s/Iowa. en ucomm co/Bracken County s/Kentucky. en town co/Jackson Parish s/Louisiana. en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Barnstable County s/Massachusetts. en Monomoit historically en village twp:Suf/Rock River co/Alger County s/Michigan. en twp co/Wright County s/Minnesota. en ucomm co/Washington County s/Mississippi. en town co/Carroll County s/New Hampshire. en bor/and/twp co/Morris County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Chatham, New Jersey en town co/Columbia County s/New York. en village in the towns of Chatham and town/Ghent co/Columbia County s/New York. TopoZone: Chatham, New York en ucomm co/Licking County s/Ohio. en ucomm/and/twp co/Medina County s/Ohio. en ucomm twp:Suf/London Grove co/Chester County s/Pennsylvania. en twp co/Tioga County s/Pennsylvania. en town/county seat co/Pittsylvania County s/Virginia. An English habitational surname from the place name. en Earl of Chatham; usually the first Earl, prime minister William Pitt ('Pitt the Elder'). en Anthony Trollope 46 Can You Forgive Her London Chapman and Hall 1864 "And you, though you will not say so, intend to rival Chatham, and to make your thousand converts in politics." Derived terms en Chatham County Chatham Daylight Time Chatham Island,Chatham Islands Chatham Port Chatham Standard Time Chatham Valley Chatham-Kent Chathamite Chats North Chatham since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard South Chatham West Chatham when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard See also en Medway Towns sense 1 References en surnames from Old English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs