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Chad
1[ chad ]
noun
- 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).
- 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.
Chad
2[ chad ]
noun
- a male given name.
- Sometimes chad. Slang: Sometimes Disparaging. a confident, successful, athletic man who is attractive to women, sometimes one who is perceived as hypermasculine, arrogant, or shallow.
chad
3[ chad ]
noun
, Computers.
- a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
Chad
1/ tʃæd /
noun
- 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) French nameTchad
- Lake Chada 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
chad
2/ tʃæd /
noun
- the small pieces of cardboard or paper removed during the punching of holes in computer printer paper, paper tape, etc
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Notes
Chad was under French control until 1960.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Chad1
First recorded in 2010–15, Chad 2fordef 2
Origin of Chad2
First recorded in 1930–35; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Chad1
C20: perhaps based on chaff 1
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