Dictionary![]() ![]() chadPronunciation: (chad), [key] —n. Computers. a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape. ChadPronunciation: (chad), [key] —n. 1. Lake, a lake in Africa at the junction of four countries: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. 5000 to 10,000 sq. mi. (13,000 to 26,000 sq. km) (seasonal variation). 2. Official name, Republic of Chad. a republic in N central Africa, E of Lake Chad: a member of the French Community; formerly part of French Equatorial Africa. 4,100,000; 501,000 sq. mi. (1,297,590 sq. km). Cap.: N'Djamena. 3. Chadic. 4. a male given name. French, Tchad (for defs. 1, 2). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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