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New Chichester

New Chichester proper noun: a former town in Pennsylvania, British North America, now divided into Upper and Lower Chichester.

Proper noun

New Chichester

  1. (historical) A former town in Pennsylvania, British North America, now divided into Upper and Lower Chichester.
    • New CHICHESTER, a port-town of Penſilvania, ſituated on the river Delawar, below Cheſter...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183

Origin of New Chichester

Distinguishing it from its namesake, Chichester in England.

Questions about New Chichester

What does New Chichester mean?
New Chichester means a former town in Pennsylvania, British North America, now divided into Upper and Lower Chichester.
What part of speech is New Chichester?
New Chichester is a proper noun.

Words near New Chichester in the dictionary

  1. New Castile
  2. New Castle
  3. New Castle County
  4. New Cebu
  5. New Chester
  6. New Chichester
  7. New Christian
  8. New Christians
  9. new chum
  10. new chums
  11. New Church

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