a city in New Zealand, on E South Island: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; suffered major damage and loss of life in a series of earthquakes in 2010–11. Pop: 366 000 (2013 est)
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a town and resort in S England, in Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole unitary authority, Dorset. Pop: 47 900 (2011)
Christchurch in American English
(ˈkraɪstˈtʃɜrtʃ)
city on the E coast of South Island, New Zealand: pop. 318,000