Chatham

American  

[chat-uhm] / ˈtʃæt əm /

noun

1. 1st Earl of. Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham.

2. a city in N Kent, in SE England.

3. a city in SW Ontario, in S Canada, near Lake St. Clair.

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Chatham ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃætəm /

noun

1. a town in SE England, in N Kent on the River Medway: formerly royal naval dockyard. Pop: 73 468 (2001)

2. a town in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River. Pop: 44 156 (2001)

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Chatham ² British  

/ ˈtʃætəm /

noun

1. 1st Earl of title of the elder (William) Pitt See Pitt

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Example Sentences

The story began in 1999 when Dr. Richard Köhler uncovered the fossil during a research expedition to Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

“This was a multi-pronged effort at reasserting deterrence,” said Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, a London-based think tank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"The idea is to say, we can do to you what we did to Nicolas Maduro," Christopher Sabatini, senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House told AFP.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"This bridge will offer a useful route to transfer military goods and munitions - both to North Korea and to Russia," said Dr Edward Howell, Korea Foundation Fellow at the Chatham House think tank.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The Union charge at Chatham, for a brief instant, is a triumph.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly