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Chettle

Chettle proper noun: a village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).

Proper noun

Chettle (countable and uncountable, plural Chettles)

  1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Chettle

pluralChettles

Origin of Chettle

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

Questions about Chettle

What does Chettle mean?
Chettle means a village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
What part of speech is Chettle?
Chettle is a proper noun.

Words near Chettle in the dictionary

  1. chetrums
  2. chets
  3. chetti
  4. chetties
  5. chettis
  6. Chettle
  7. Chettles
  8. chetty
  9. chetverik
  10. chetveriks
  11. chetvert

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