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) Ellipsis of Chiltern Hills: a geographic area and chalk escarpment in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England.
  2. (historical) Ellipsis of 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

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