# Chartres

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɑːtɹə/ · frequency rank #50,422

## Definitions
1. A city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
2. A settlement on West Falkland, Falkland Islands, named after Edward Chartres, a naval surgeon.
3. A surname.

## Etymology
From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chartres