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Chatteris

/ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

Chatteris proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).

Proper noun

Chatteris

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).

Forms of Chatteris

alternative form (obsolete)Chateriz
alternative form (obsolete)Cheaterizt

Origin of Chatteris

Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include: * a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick * a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + rīc (kingdom, authority) * a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)

Questions about Chatteris

What does Chatteris mean?
Chatteris means a market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).
What part of speech is Chatteris?
Chatteris is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chatteris?
Chatteris is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/.

Words near Chatteris in the dictionary

  1. chattering damsels
  2. chattering lories
  3. chattering lory
  4. chatteringly
  5. chatterings
  6. Chatteris
  7. chatterish
  8. Chatterjee
  9. Chatterjees
  10. Chatterley
  11. Chatterly

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