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Champerret
proper noun
French toponym encountered in Levallois-Perret; short for Porte de Champerret
Champhol
proper noun
Champhol (a town in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Champigny-sur-Marne (a commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Champlain
proper noun
a habitational surname, Champlain; Champlain; Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer
Champneuf
proper noun
a municipality of Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
Champs
proper noun
former name of Champs-sur-Marne
Champs-sur-Marne
proper noun
Champs-sur-Marne (a town in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Champs-Élysées
proper noun
ellipsis of Avenue des Champs-Élysées, a major boulevard in Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe; alternative spelling of champs Élysées
a small town and commune of Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France
Chams
noun, masculine
Cham (Asian ethnic group)
Chanakyapuri
proper noun
Chanakyapuri (a neighborhood of New Delhi, India)
Chancel
proper noun
Chancel: a surname
Chandeleur
proper noun
Candlemas
Chanel
proper noun
a surname
Changhaï
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Shanghaï
Channel-Port aux Basques; alternative form of Channel-Port-aux-Basques (“Channel–Port-aux-Basques”)
Chantal
proper noun
a female given name
Chanteraine
proper noun
Chanteraine (a village in Meuse department, Grand Est, France)
Chanteraine
proper noun
a right tributary of the Vauvise in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Chantilly
proper noun
a city in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France, formerly in Picardy.
Chao-Chigne
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Shaoxing
Chaon
proper noun
Chaon (a village and commune of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Chaouch
proper noun
Chaouch (“a cultivar of vinifera grape”)
Chaouis
proper noun
a Berber people from Numidia
Chapelle
proper noun
As an element of placenames such as Aix-la-Chapelle and Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert, a case variant of chapelle, usually indicating a place that has a church as a prominent feature.
Chapleau
proper noun
a surname
Chapon
proper noun
a French surname
Chapteuil
proper noun
A town in France.
Chapuis
proper noun
a surname
Chapuit
proper noun
a surname
Charbonier
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation
Charbonneau
proper noun
a surname
Charcosset
proper noun
a surname
Chardonnay
proper noun
a village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France
Charente
proper noun
Charente (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France); Charente (a river in southwestern France, flowing through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime)
Charente-Maritime (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Charenton-le-Pont (a commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Charest
proper noun
a surname, Charest
Charette
proper noun
a surname, common in Quebec; Charette (a municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada); Charette (a commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France).
Chargé
proper noun
Chargé (a commune of Indre-et-Loire department, France)
Chariclée
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Chariclea
Charites
proper noun
Charites
Charland
proper noun
a surname
Charlemagne
proper noun
Charlemagne (emperor)
Charleroi
proper noun
Charleroi
Charles
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Charles
Charlevoix
proper noun
a region of Quebec, Canada; a regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada; a surname
Charlevoix-Est
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Charline
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Charles, equivalent to English Charline or Charlene
Charlot
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Charles, feminine equivalent Charlotte; the Tramp (character portrayed by Charlie Chaplin)
Charlotte
proper noun
a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Charles
Charlène
proper noun
a female given name, popular in France around 1990
Charmentray
proper noun
Charmentray (a village in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Charols
proper noun
Charols (a village and commune of Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Charpentier
proper noun
a surname, Charpentier, originating as an occupation
Charron
proper noun
a surname, Charron
Chartainvilliers
proper noun
Chartainvilliers (a village in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Chartres
proper noun
Chartres (a city, the departmental capital of Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Chartreux
proper noun
the Order of Carthusian; a Chartreux cat
Charybde
proper noun
Charybdis