Chelm
See also: Chełm
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Chelm
- A city in Poland, known for the Jewish stories about its (mythical) stupid residents.
- 1999, Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree, Coteau, →ISBN, page 100 [1]:
- The fool I am, the fool. A citizen of Chelm, an idiot, one of those characters my grandfather's legends are made of.
- 2010 January 27, "nordicskiv2" <David.L.Webb@Dartmouth.edu>, "Re: HELMsman", message-ID <6dd30c30-f7a7-4c45-b737-bf2cf44c9e49@l19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare, Usenet [2]:
- You are the quintessential Chelmsman, Art -- indeed, you are the prince of the Sages of Chelm.
- 1999, Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree, Coteau, →ISBN, page 100 [1]:
Translations
city in Poland
Portuguese
Etymology
Proper noun
Chelm f
Synonyms
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- en:Cities in Poland
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Polish
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- pt:Cities in Poland
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