chad has definitions from the fields of linguistics,government,geography
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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 121
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[ noun ] (government,geography) a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960
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[ noun ] a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
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[ noun ] (geography) a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

Synonyms

Lake_Chad

Related terms

lake Africa

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[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language

Synonyms

Chadian

Examples

"the Chadian desert" "Chad soldiers" "Chadian folktales"

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[ noun ] (linguistics) a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
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