1. A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

1. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960
   - Republic of Chad, Tchad 
2. A lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river
   - Lake Chad 
3. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
   - Chadic, Chadic language

Derived forms: chads

See also: Chadian

Type of: Afrasian, Afrasian language, African country, African nation, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic, lake, paper

Part of: Africa

Encyclopedia: Chad

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