Chilmark

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English Chilmerc, from *cigel (peg, pole) + mearc (boundary, mark).[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Chilmark

  1. A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England.
  2. A town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States; named after the village in Wiltshire.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chilmark”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.