Chelmsford

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛlmzfəd/

Proper noun

Chelmsford

1. A city in and the county town of Essex, England, granted city status in 2012.
2. A local government district, the City of Chelmsford, originally formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Related terms

• Chelmer (river)

Translations

town in Essex, England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切姆斯福德 (Qièmǔsīfúdé)

• Latin: Caesaromagus m