# Chiltern

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #53,443

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of Chiltern Hills: a geographic area and chalk escarpment in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England.
2. Ellipsis of Chiltern Hundreds.
3. A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020.
4. A town in Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.

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