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Chad

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Chad  (chd)
A country of north-central Africa. Once part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960. N'Djamena is the capital and the largest city. Population: 9,250,000.

Chadi·an adj. & n.
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Chad

chad  (chd)
n.
Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.

[Origin unknown.]

chad
Noun
the small pieces removed during the punching of holes in punch cards, printer paper, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chad - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
dimple, dimpled chad, pregnant chad - a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
hanging chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner
paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
swinging chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at two corners
tri-chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at three corners
2.Chad - a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
3.Chad - a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960
capital of Chad, Fort-Lamy, N'Djamena, Ndjamena - the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Chadian - a native or inhabitant of Chad
4.Chad - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member
Biu-Mandara - a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad
East Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad
Masa - an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages
Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
Translations
Spanish Chad [tʃæd] nChad m
French Chad [tʃæd] nTchad m
German Chad [tʃæd] nTschad m
Italian Chad [tʃæd] nChad m

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So the group in the vicinity of the blacksmith's door was by no means a close one, and formed no screen in front of Chad Cranage, the blacksmith himself, who stood with his black brawny arms folded, leaning against the door-post, and occasionally sending forth a bellowing laugh at his own jokes, giving them a marked preference over the sarcasms of Wiry Ben, who had renounced the pleasures of the Holly Bush for the sake of seeing life under a new form.
 
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