Chatham

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Etymology

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

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Chatham

  1. A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.
  2. Any of several other places of the same name:
    1. A town, the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
    2. A community in Chatham-Kent, Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
    3. A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
      Synonym: (historically) Monomoit
    4. A township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
    5. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
  3. An English habitational surname from the place name.

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