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Chiammay

Chiammay is the alternative form of Chimay.

Meaning of Chimay

Proper noun (1)

Chimay

  1. A city and municipality in Hainault, Belgium.

Proper noun (2)

Chimay

  1. (historical) An imaginary lake thought for centuries to exist in southern China or northern Indochina, once believed to be the source of the Brahmaputra or Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, and the Chao Phraya Rivers.
    • CHIMAY, the name of a great lake, lying in the province of Acham, between the Eaſt-Indies and China.1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184

Questions about Chiammay

What is Chiammay the alternative form of?
Chiammay is the alternative form of Chimay.

Words near Chiammay in the dictionary

  1. chialat
  2. chialoup
  3. chialoups
  4. Chiamai
  5. Chiamay
  6. Chiammay
  7. Chiampa
  8. Chian
  9. Chian earth
  10. Chian turpentine
  11. Chianan Plain

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chiammay (page history and authors); Chimay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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