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abbreviation
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(context, preposition) circa
The document was written in the Middle Ages, 1250.
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(context, noun) city
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CA |
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abbreviation
- California, a state of the United States of America.
- Canada.
- Cellular Automata
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Caen |
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proper noun
- A city in the Calvados département of Basse-Normandie, France
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(San Francisco) A caenism, something from w:Herb Caen, the late, incredibly long-term columnist for the w:San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle.
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Caernarvonshire |
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proper noun
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(alternative spelling of, Caernarfonshire)
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Cagliari |
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proper noun
- Province of Sardinia, Italy.
- Capital and port of Cagliari and also the capital of Sardinia.
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cairns |
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noun
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(plural of, cairn)
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Cairo |
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proper noun
- The capital of Egypt.
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Calabria |
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proper noun- A region of southern Italy.
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Calais |
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proper noun
- A town in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.
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Calcutta |
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proper noun- Former name of Kolkata, the State capital of West Bengal (India).
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Calgary |
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proper noun
- The largest city of the province of Alberta (Canada).
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Cali |
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proper noun
- A city of western Colombia on the Cali River, southwest of Bogotí¡.
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(slang) The state of California in the United States.
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California |
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proper noun
- A western coastal state of the United States of America.Capital: Sacramento.
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Caltanissetta |
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proper noun
- Province of Sicily, Italy.
- Town and capital of Caltanissetta.
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Calvados |
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proper noun
- A département of France, in the Basse-Normandie region.
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Cambodia |
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proper noun
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Former name: Kampuchea
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Cambridge |
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proper noun
- A city in England famous for its university.
- w:University of Cambridge, Cambridge University.
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He went to Cambridge, you know.
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Cambridgeshire |
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proper noun
- An inland eastern county of England bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire.
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Camden |
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proper noun
- An inner London borough comprising Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras.
- A town name in various other locales.
- An English habitational surname.
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(given name, male), modern transferred use of the surname.
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Cameroon |
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proper noun
- Country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon.
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Campania |
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proper noun
- A region of southern Italy.
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Campbell |
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proper noun
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A Scottish surname from the Gaelic cam beul, crooked mouth.
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(given name, male) derived from the surname.
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Campo Grande |
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proper noun
- State capital of Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil).
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Canada |
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proper noun
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A country in North America; official name : Canada.
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Canary Islands |
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proper nouncanary, Canary island, Islands
- An archipelago off the coast of north-west Morocco, belonging to Spain
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Canberra |
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proper noun
- National capital of Australia, located in the Australian Capital Territory.
- (Colloquial) The Australian government.
- A new tax policy was announced by Canberra today.
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Cancer |
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proper noun (symbol ♋)
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(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
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Cannes |
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proper noun
- A town in the south-east of France
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Canterbury |
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proper noun
- An ancient city in Kent, England
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Canton |
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proper noun
- An alternative (former) name for Guangzhou in China.
- An alternative (former) name for Guangdong in China.
- A topographical surname of French or Galician derivation
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canyon |
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noun
- A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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Cape of Good Hope |
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proper noun
- a cape in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town.
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Cape Town |
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proper noun
- The legislative capital of South Africa.
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Cape Verde |
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proper noun
- Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Cape Verde.
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Capri |
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proper noun
- an island in the Bay of Naples; part of Campania
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Caracas |
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proper noun
- The capital of Venezuela.
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Cardiff |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Wales
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cardigan |
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noun- A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. Cardigans are available for both sexes but recent fashions have resulted in them being more typically worn by women.
proper nounCardigan- A town in Wales.
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Cardiganshire |
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proper noun
- A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
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Carinthia |
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proper noun
- a federal state of Austria.
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Carlisle |
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proper noun
- A city in north-western England, the county town of Cumbria and formerly of Cumberland.
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Carmarthenshire |
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proper noun
- A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire.
- A local government principal area, bordered by Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.
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Carolina |
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proper noun-
(given name, female, from Latin, ), Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
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Carson |
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proper noun
- An Irish and Scottish surname, possible a form of Curzon.
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(given name, male) (and very rarely a female name) transferred from the surname.
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Carson City |
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proper nounCarson city, City
- The capital of the US state of Nevada
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Carthage |
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proper noun
- An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.
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Cary |
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proper noun- A male given name, a variant of the Irish Carey
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casbah |
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noun
- The older part of a city in northern Africa or Middle East.
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cashmere |
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noun
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Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat
- A soft fabric made of this wool
proper nounCashmere (archaic)
- Kashmir
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Caspian Sea |
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proper noun
- A landlocked sea between Asia and European Russia, and the world"s largest inland body of water.
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Castries |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Saint Lucia
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Catalonia |
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proper noun
- A country of SW Europe, an autonomous community of Spain. Historically, a principality also including a strip of nowadays Aragon and the region of Roussillon (nowadays part of France).
- Official name: Catalonia (Catalunya).
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Area: 31,930 km.2
- Population (2003): 6,505,600.
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Catania |
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proper noun
- Province of Sicily, Italy.
- Town and capital of Catania.
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Catanzaro |
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proper noun
- Province of Calabria, Italy.
- Town and capital of Catanzaro and also the capital of Calabria.
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Cathay |
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proper noun- The name that was given to northern China by Marco Polo
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Caucasus |
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proper noun
- A mountain range in West Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on the territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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cayenne |
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noun
- cayenne pepper, Cayenne pepper.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Cayenne, capital of French Guiana, its inhabitants, or to Cayenne Island at the mouth of the Cayenne River.
- Of or pertaining to cayenne pepper.
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Cayman Islands |
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proper noun
- A British territory in the Caribbean.
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Celebes |
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proper noun
- The former name of Sulawesi
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central |
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adjective
- being in the centre
- being the most important
- having or containing the centre of something
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Central African |
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noun
- A person from Central Africa or of Central African descent.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Central Africa, the Central African people or the Central African language.
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Central African Republic |
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proper noun
- Country in Central Africa. Official name: Central African Republic.
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Central America |
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proper noun
- The part of the Americas between North America and South America, consisting of the following countries:
- Guatemala
- Belize
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama
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Ceres |
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proper noun
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(mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
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(astronomy) A celestial body orbitting between Mars and Jupiter; previously defined as an asteroid; now officially known as a dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres.
(wikipedia, 1 Ceres)
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Ceuta |
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proper noun
- A Spanish enclave at the edge of Morocco
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Ceylon |
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proper noun
- The old name for Sri Lanka, prior to 1972.
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Chad |
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proper noun
- A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
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(given name, male) from Old English Ceadda, a seventh century saint.
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Champagne |
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proper noun- A region and former province of France.
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champaign |
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noun
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(geography) open countryside, or an area of open countryside
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1605: Of all these bounds even from this line to this, / With shadowy forests and with champaigns riched, / With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, / We make thee lady. " William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i
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Champlain |
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proper noun
- A surname from a French topographic name from words meaning field and flat
- w:Samuel de Champlain, Samuel de Champlain French geographer and explorer
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Chandigarh |
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proper noun
- Union territory in northern India.
- City located in the union territory of Chandigarh, serving simultaneously as capital of this union territory and of the states of Haryana and Punjab.
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Chandler |
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proper noun
- An English occupational surname for a maker or seller of candles.
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(given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
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Channel Islands |
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proper noun
- A group of islands in the English Channel - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Lihou, Jethou and Burhou
- A group of islands off the coast of California
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Charles |
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proper noun
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(given name, male)
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Charleston |
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proper noun
- The capital city of West Virginia, USA.
- A large city and port in South Carolina, USA.
- A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Charlotte |
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proper noun-
(given name, female, from French, ) used in the English-speaking world since the seventeenth century.
- The largest city in the state of North Carolina.
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Charlottetown |
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proper noun
- provincial, Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada).
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Chattanooga |
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proper noun
- A city in Tennessee near the border with Georgia
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Chautauqua |
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noun
- A place in the state of New York where people go over in the summer for vacation to enjoy artistic events.
- A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks.
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Cheapside |
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proper noun
- any of several streets in English towns and cities that were originally marketplaces
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(London) a street, and surrounding district, in the City; links Newgate Street, Cornhill, Threadneedle Street, Poultry and Lomboard Street (and others)
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Chelmsford |
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proper noun
- The county town of Essex, England
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Chelsea |
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proper noun
- A district on the northern bank of the river Thames in western London.
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A type of porcelain once manufactured there.
- Several cities (mostly in the US) named after it.
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(given name, female, ), derived from the London borough.
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Cher |
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proper noun
- A short form of the female given name Cherilyn.
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Cherbourg |
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