Crossword clues for chantilly
chantilly
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
town in France near Paris; as a kind of porcelain made there, 1774; in reference to a delicate lace originally made there, 1831. The place name is Medieval Latin Chantileium, from the Gallo-Roman personal name Cantilius.
Wiktionary
alt. A medium size, longhair domestic cat breed, originating in Canada and the United States. n. A medium size, longhair domestic cat breed, originating in Canada and the United States.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 15173
Land area (2000): 11.661262 sq. miles (30.202528 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.661262 sq. miles (30.202528 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14744
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.874972 N, 77.402622 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 22021
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Chantilly may refer to:
France- Chantilly, Oise, a city located in the Oise department
- Château de Chantilly, a historic château located in the town of Chantilly
- Chantilly cream, a sweet whipped cream used in pastry
- Chantilly lace, a handmade bobbin lace from Chantilly, Oise
- Chantilly porcelain, a manufactory in the grounds of the château, 1730 onward
- Chantilly Codex, a late medieval manuscript, and the primary source of music in the ars subtilior style
- Chantilly Racecourse, a thoroughbred turf racecourse for flat racing in Chantilly, Oise
- Chantilly (Charlotte neighborhood), a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Chantilly, Virginia, an unincorporated area located in Fairfax County, Virginia
- Battle of Chantilly, the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War
- Chantilly High School, a public high school located in Chantilly, Virginia and the Fairfax County Public Schools system
- "Chantilly Lace" (song), a 1958 song by The Big Bopper
- Chantilly (Montross, Virginia), a historic archaeological site near Montross, Virginia
- Chantilly-Tiffany, a breed of domestic cat
The Chantilly Neighborhood is located between the Elizabeth and Plaza-Midwood neighborhoods, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The neighborhood was established in 1913, with later construction of many homes through the mid-1940s. Additional streets were added in the 1950s. Neighborhood boundaries consist of Independence Boulevard (NC Hwy 74) to the northeast, CSX Railroad Tracks to the west and south, and Briar Creek to the east. Chantilly is positioned adjacent to the northeast of Elizabeth, and south of Plaza-Midwood business district, featuring art galleries, funky stores, and restaurants. Chantilly contains a seven-acre public park called Chantilly Park. Maintained by Mecklenburg County, Chantilly Park is accessed at the southern end of Wyanoke Avenue in the southeastern portion of the neighborhood.
Chantilly is a fragrance that was introduced in 1941 by Houbigant. It is currently produced by Dana.
Chantilly is a historic archaeological site located near Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site was the home of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) in his later years.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Usage examples of "chantilly".
Vice Admiral Dame Alice Truman observed as her Task Force Eighty-One accelerated steadily in-system towards Vespasien, the inhabited planet of the Chantilly System.
Harrington had hit this time around, only Chantilly had mounted any effective resistance.
Chateau de Chantilly, once the seat of the grand Conde, head of the Bourbon-Conde dynasty, looted and brought to ruin by the mob in the first violent rush of the Revolution.
It was not fifty miles to Chantilly, but the congestion of Paris must be navigated before they could make anything like good time.
She pulled out her map and studied the area around Chantilly carefully, to take her mind off her impatience.
Far away the lights of the town of Chantilly twinkled, and beyond was the Forest of Givenchy.
The bridge over the Oise at Precy is blown up and all cars have to come sixteen miles round to Chantilly by another bridge.
I have tried every means to get Dormans to fix upon another village, but he is obstinate, and Precy it must be for you, and Chantilly for me.
Fanny, who had left Julien at his new billets in Chantilly, drove on alone to the little village on the Oise which was to be her home.
The light of dawn touched Paris, the wastes of snow surrounding her, forests, villages scattered in the forest and plains around Senlis, Chantilly, Boran, Precy.
Would you think it was me, me, of all the Section, to cross the river to-night, in a little boat with a lantern, to creep out of the house, out of the village, to dine forbidden in Chantilly, with some one who enchants me!
They gained the Chantilly wall, and experienced at once its protection.
Beyond the Chantilly wall the plain stretched, and on it the labouring wheel-marks of the night before were plainly marked.
That the man who slipped into the seat beside her at Chantilly was Julien dissolved her courage and set her heart beating.
Disowned by her family, she and Papa had retired to the estate in Chantilly and lived a quiet, happy life.