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Chatham
CHAT-uhm
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A port town in Kent, England, home to the Royal dockyard; also the name of many towns in the US and Canada.
"Chatham was historically important as a Royal Navy dockyard town."
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Etymology
From an Old Welsh word for "wood" plus Old English hām, "home."