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Chester

American  
[ches-ter] / ˈtʃɛs tər /

noun

  1. a city in Cheshire, in northwest England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.

  2. a city in southeastern Pennsylvania.

  3. Cheshire.

  4. former name of Cheshire.

  5. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “camp.”


Chester British  
/ ˈtʃɛstə /

noun

  1. Latin name: Deva.  a city in NW England, administrative centre of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester, on the River Dee: intact surrounding walls; 16th- and 17th-century double-tier shops. Pop: 80 121 (2001)

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New snow and ice warning is in place for a large swathe of England and Wales, including Chester and Greater Manchester down to London and Kent.

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Chester Thigpen, who owned a Christmas tree farm, was the face of this movement.

From Salon

However, new areas outside London with "favourable conditions for innovation and growth" include Aberdeen, Brighton, Bristol, Chester, Edinburgh, Oxfordshire, Reading and West Berkshire, the report said.

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Rush, 64, was taken into the Countess of Chester hospital last week with breathing difficulties.

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Transport for Wales is introducing more services for Chester, Wrexham and Swansea.

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