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Chartres.

A city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈʃɑːtɹə/UK/ʃɑːt/UK/ˈʃɑɹtɹə/US/ʃɑɹt/US
  1. A city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

  2. A settlement on West Falkland, Falkland Islands, named after Edward Chartres, a naval surgeon.

  3. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

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