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Chatham

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Chat·ham  (chtm)
A municipal borough of southeast England east of London. Elizabeth I established the first dockyard here in 1588. Population: 73,400.
Chatham, First Earl of
See William Pitt1.
Chatham [ˈtʃætəm]
n
1. (Placename) a town in SE England, in N Kent on the River Medway: formerly royal naval dockyard. Pop.: 71 691 (1991)
2. (Placename) a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River. Pop.: 43 557 (1991)
Chatham2
n
(Biographies / Chatham, 1st Earl of) 1st Earl of title of the elder (William) Pitt


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In the morning (17th) we landed on Chatham Island, which, like the others, rises with a tame and rounded outline, broken here and there by scattered hillocks, the remains of former craters.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
Pitt, afterward Earl of Chatham, who spent so much of his wondrous eloquence in endeavoring to warn England of the consequences of her injustice.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Now let us suppose the mocking-thrush of Chatham Island to be blown to Charles Island, which has its own mocking-thrush: why should it succeed in establishing itself there?
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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