Christchurch

name
/ˈkɹaɪst.tʃɜːtʃ/UK/ˈkɹaɪs(t).tʃøːtʃ/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *ḱewh₁-
  2. derived from κυριακόν
  3. inherited from *kirikā
  4. inherited from ċiriċe
  5. inherited from chirche
  6. compounded as christchurch — “Christ + church

Definitions

  1. A city in Canterbury, New Zealand, which is the largest in the South Island.

  2. A place in the United Kingdom

    A place in the United Kingdom:

  3. An unincorporated community in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Christchurch. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01christchurch02middlesex03thames04gloucestershire05wiltshire06dorset07bournemouth

A definitional loop anchored at christchurch. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at christchurch

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA