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Chatham Islands

Chatham Islands proper noun: an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 680 kilometres off the east coast of New Zealand, and territorially part of New Zealand.

Proper noun

Chatham Islands

  1. An archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 680 kilometres off the east coast of New Zealand, and territorially part of New Zealand.

Origin of Chatham Islands

Named after the Earl of Chatham by the captain of HMS Chatham in 1791.

Words formed from Chatham Islands

Questions about Chatham Islands

What does Chatham Islands mean?
Chatham Islands means an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 680 kilometres off the east coast of New Zealand, and territorially part of New Zealand.
What part of speech is Chatham Islands?
Chatham Islands is a proper noun.

Words near Chatham Islands in the dictionary

  1. Chatham Daylight Time
  2. Chatham House Rule
  3. Chatham Island
  4. Chatham Island pigeon
  5. Chatham Island pigeons
  6. Chatham Islands
  7. Chatham Islands penguin
  8. Chatham Islands penguins
  9. Chatham Islands Time
  10. Chatham Port
  11. Chatham rail

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