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Chiltern.

Ellipsis of Chiltern Hills: a geographic area and chalk escarpment in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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name/ˈtʃɪltən/
  1. Ellipsis of Chiltern Hills: a geographic area and chalk escarpment in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · uncommon · uncountable · usually
  2. Ellipsis of Chiltern Hundreds.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · historical · uncountable · usually
  3. A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020.

    historical · uncountable · usually
  4. A town in Victoria, Australia.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.

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