English Explanatory Dictionary

Chimay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and municipality in Hainault, Belgium.
name
  1. An imaginary lake thought for centuries to exist in southern China or northern Indochina, once believed to be the source of the Brahmaputra or Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, and the Chao Phraya Rivers.

Word forms

Chimay Chiamay Chiammay Chiamai Chiang Mai Chaamay Chiama Cunebete Singapamor Jamahey

Etymology

From French Chimay, sometimes further derived via Vulgar Latin, from Proto-Celtic *koimos (“pretty, pleasant”).

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