Chelmsford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in and the county town of Essex, England, granted city status in 2012.
  2. A local government district with borough status in Essex, the City of Chelmsford, originally formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
  3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Pronunciation

En-us-Chelmsford.ogg /ˈt͡ʃɛlmzfəd/

Word forms

Chelmsford

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 切姆斯福德 Latin: Caesaromagus Marathi: चेल्म्सफर्ड
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