Chiltern

English

Etymology

Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.

Proper noun

Chiltern (usually uncountable, plural Chilterns)

1. (uncommon) Short for Chiltern Hills.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:

     CHILTERN, a chain of chalky hills, running from eaſt to weſt through Buckinghamſhire.

2. (historical) Short for Chiltern Hundreds.
3. (historical) A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020.
4. A town in Victoria, Australia.

Derived terms

• Chiltern Green