Chatham Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 680 kilometres off the east coast of New Zealand, and territorially part of New Zealand.

Word forms

Chatham Islands

Etymology

Named after the Earl of Chatham by the captain of HMS Chatham in 1791.

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