Chatham

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæt.əm/

Proper noun

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

3. An English habitational surname from the place name.

Derived terms

• Chatham County
• Chatham Daylight Time
• Chatham Island, Chatham Islands
• Chatham-Kent
• Chatham Standard Time
• Chats
• since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard
• when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

See also

• Medway Towns (sense 1)