Greatchalk Fleet
lake or loch · Medway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a large fleet or channel, likely a tidal inlet or estuary.
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishlarge, big(from grēat "great, large")
- Chalk
- Old Englishchalk(from cealc "chalk")
- Fleet
- Old EnglishAttestedtidal stream, estuary, inlet(from flēot "a floating thing; a ship; a stream")