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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of north-central North Carolina at the edge of the Piedmont region near Raleigh and Durham. It is the seat of the University of North Carolina (chartered 1789).

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  • proper noun A town in the United States famous for its university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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  • noun a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina

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Examples

  • a Presbyterian minister and one of William Davie's harshest critics among the University's trustees, blamed the unrest on what he described as Chapel Hill's "Jacobine system of education."

    Revolution and Retrenchment James L. Leloudis 2004

  • The police department, we're seeking leads and continuing to urge anyone with information about this crime to call the Chapel Hill police department at area code 919-968-2760 or crimestoppers at area code 919-942-7515.

    CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2008 2008

  • Tomorrow John and Elizabeth Edwards are going to be holing a press conference, noon, in North Carolina in Chapel Hill, which is where they're living.

    CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2007 2007

  • I just want one or more of the characters to be from a small college town called Chapel Hill and I wouldn't mind seeing an authentic UNC diploma on the walls of their apartment/office -- clearly visible when they leave the apartment to go down to the coffee shop.

    sleeping with the television on 2005

  • You are here -- so am I-- when universes collide (in Chapel Hill, that is)!

    set the frigate's royals 2005

  • By June 18, 1917, all papers for organization had been received, and the Chapter, known as the Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapter with jurisdiction "this side of the railroad", was busy making Surgical Dressings and doing other work necessary for the winning of the war.

    Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina. 1917-1919 1918

  • On a little rise to the southward, called Chapel Hill, stood the temple where the garrison paid its vows to the various deities of its worship.

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • Its name is a corruption of the word Mary -- Mary's way -- for there was an ancient shrine of pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin Mary that stood on the broad low bluff still known as Chapel Hill, where the downs sink into the well-watered plain.

    The Silent Isle Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

  • The field is still known as Chapel Hill; but not a vestige of the building survives; no doubt the foundations were grubbed up for ploughing purposes.

    Vanishing England 1892

  • It has always been acknowledged that the wall terminated upon an eminence called the Chapel Hill, near the village of West Kilpatrick, on the Clyde.

    The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836

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