Cholmondeley
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Cholmondeley (pronounced /ˈtʃʌmli/, as if it were written Chumly) can refer to:
- Places
- Cholmondeley, Cheshire, a village in Cheshire.
- People
- Alice Cholmondeley, a pseudonym used by Elizabeth von Arnim for the publication of her book Christine.
- David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley (b. 1960), the Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
- Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925), an English writer.
- Thomas Cholmondeley (b. 1968), an Anglo-Kenyan farmer accused of murder.
- Other
- Cholmondeley's, a coffeehouse at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, purportedly the inspiration for the coffeehouse Central Perk on the sitcom Friends[citation needed].
- The Cholmondeleys, an all female modern dance group, founded by the choreographer Lea Anderson.
- The Cholmondeley Awards for poetry, given annually by the Society of Authors.
- English
- Cholmondeley the word in the English language with the most silent letters. The silent letters are, in order, 'l', 'o', 'n', 'd', 'e', and 'e' again. The first 'o' is not silent, but is pronounced as a 'u'.[citation needed]