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chad

1 American  
[chad] / tʃæd /

noun

Computers.

  1. a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.

Chad 2 American  
[chad] / tʃæd /

noun

  1. Lake Chad, a lake in Africa at the junction of four countries: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. 5,000 to 10,000 sq. mi. (13,000 to 26,000 sq. km) (seasonal variation).

  2. Official Name Republic of Chad.  a republic in northern central Africa, east of Lake Chad. 501,000 sq. mi. (1,297,590 sq. km). N'Djamena.

  3. Chadic.

Chad 3 American  
[chad] / tʃæd /

noun

  1. a male given name.

  2. Slang: Sometimes Disparaging. Sometimes chad a confident, successful, athletic man who is attractive to women, sometimes one who is perceived as hypermasculine, arrogant, or shallow.

Chad 1 British  
/ tʃæd /

noun

  1. French name: Tchad.  a republic in N central Africa: made a territory of French Equatorial Africa in 1910; became independent in 1960; contains much desert and the Tibesti Mountains, with Lake Chad in the west; produces chiefly cotton and livestock; suffered intermittent civil war from 1963 and prolonged drought. Official languages: Arabic; French. Religion: Muslim majority, also Christian and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Ndjamena. Pop: 11 193 452 (2013 est). Area: 1 284 000 sq km (495 750 sq miles)

  2. a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years

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chad 2 British  
/ tʃæd /

noun

  1. the small pieces of cardboard or paper removed during the punching of holes in computer printer paper, paper tape, etc

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Chad Cultural  

  1. Landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa, bordered by Sudan to the east; the Central African Republic to the south; Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria to the west; and Libya to the north. N'Djamena is its capital and largest city.

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Chad was under French control until 1960.

Etymology

Origin of chad1

First recorded in 1930–35; origin uncertain

Origin of Chad3

First recorded in 2010–15, Chad 2 for def. 2

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