# Chepstow

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #68,925

## Definitions
1. A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the border with England but separated by the River Wye (OS grid ref ST5393).

## Etymology
From Old English ċīepa (“merchant, tradesman”) + stōw (“place”), to denote a marketplace or trading center.

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