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Chandernagore

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A small town and territory on the Hooghly, 22 m. N. of Calcutta, belonging to France.

Chandos

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An English title inherited by the Grenville family, of Norman origin.

Chelmsford

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The county town of Essex, on the Chelmer.

Chauvinism

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A name among the French for what is known as Jingoism among the English, i. e. an extravagant zeal for the glory of one's country or party, from one Chauvin, who made threatening displays of his ...

A healthy watering-place and educational centre in Gloucestershire; first brought into repute as a place of fashionable resort by the visits of George III. to it; contains a well-equipped college, ...

Chautauqua

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A summer resort on a lake of the name in the W. of New York State, centre of a novel institution, which prescribes a four years' course of private readings, and grants diplomas to those who anywhere ...

Chelsea

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A western suburb of London, on the N. of the Thames; famous for its hospital for old and disabled soldiers, and the place of residence of sundry literary celebrities, among others Sir Thomas More, ...