Chiltern
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English
Etymology
Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.
Proper noun
Chiltern (usually uncountable, plural Chilterns)
- (uncommon) Short for Chiltern Hills.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:
- CHILTERN, a chain of chalky hills, running from eaſt to weſt through Buckinghamſhire.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:
- (historical) Short for Chiltern Hundreds.
- (historical) A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020.
- A town in Victoria, Australia.