"Chimay" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From French Chimay, sometimes further derived via Vulgar Latin, from Proto-Celtic *koimos (“pretty, pleasant”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Chimay}} French Chimay, {{der|en|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{der|en|cel-pro|*koimos||pretty, pleasant}} Proto-Celtic *koimos (“pretty, pleasant”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chimay
  1. A city and municipality in Hainault, Belgium. Categories (place): Cities in Belgium, Places in Belgium Translations (Translations): Chimai (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-Chimay-en-name-YtX~MzkX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Variant of earlier Chiamay, from Portuguese Lago de Chiamay in João de Barros's 1553 Décadas da Ásia, Dec. III, Bk. II, presumably from the Chiamay and Chiammay in manuscripts of Fernão Mendes Pinto's Peregrinação, variously referring to an imaginary lake and to the kingdom and town of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Chiamay}} Chiamay, {{der|en|pt|lago|Lago}} Portuguese Lago, {{m|pt|de}} de, {{m|pt|Chiamay}} Chiamay, {{m|pt|Chiamay}} Chiamay, {{m|pt|Chiammay}} Chiammay, {{der|en|th|เชียงใหม่|tr=Chiiang Mai}} Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), {{m|th|เชียง||walled city}} เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”), {{m|th|ใหม่||new}} ใหม่ (mài, “new”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Chimay
  1. (geography, historical) An imaginary lake thought for centuries to exist in southern China or northern Indochina, once believed to be the source of the Brahmaputra or Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, and the Chao Phraya Rivers. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Geography, Mythological locations Synonyms: Chiamay, Chiammay, Chiamai, Chiang Mai, Chaamay, Chiama, Cunebete, Singapamor, Jamahey
    Sense id: en-Chimay-en-name-9ef36gvM Disambiguation of Mythological locations: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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