Chatham

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

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

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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 community area and neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
   6. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
3. An English habitational surname from the place name.

• Medway Towns (sense 1)