Chartres

From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

• enPR: shärʹtrə, shärt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːtɹə/, /ʃɑːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑɹtɹə/, /ʃɑɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Chartres

1. A town, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
2. A settlement on West Falkland, Falkland Islands, named after Edward Chartres, a naval surgeon.
3. A surname.

• Chartres blue

• Charters, Starcher, charrets, charters, recharts, scarreth, starcher

Modern French pronunciation of Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁtʁ/

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Chartres ?

1. Chartres (a town, the departmental capital of Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France)

• bleu de Chartres
• chartrain
• Chartrain m, Chartraine f