Christchurch

Meaning

Proper Noun

• coastal town/and/borough Dorset (county) England (constituent country), formerly in Hampshire. The borough was abolished on 1 April 2019.
• city New Zealand (country), which is the largest in the South Island.

Related

Similar words

• ChCh

Origin

• From Christ + church.
• The English town's name is from the name of a priory established in 1094.
• The New Zealand city's name is from Christ's Church College, an Oxford University college name, chosen by an alumnus of the University.