Nouns starting with C

• Charles the Bald — Noun – English ～ as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
• Chancellor of the Exchequer — Noun – English ～ the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
• Catherine the Great — Noun – English ～ empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
• castle in the air — Noun – English ～ absentminded dreaming while awake
• Cyrus the Elder — Noun – English ～ king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
• Cyrus the Great — Noun – English ～ king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
• chute-the-chute — Noun – English ～ elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
• Church of the Brethren — Noun – English ～ a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
• coronoid process of the mandible — Noun – English ～ the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle
• Carlos the Jackal — Noun – English ～ Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
• chairman of the board — Noun – English ～ the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
• central artery of the retina — Noun – English ～ a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve
• cirrhosis of the liver — Noun – English ～ a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
• City of the Angels — Noun – English ～ a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States
• capital of the Bahamas — Noun – English ～ the capital of the Bahamas
• Capricorn the Goat — Noun – English ～ the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
• capital of The Netherlands — Noun – English ～ an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
• capital of the Philippines — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon
• Canute the Great — Noun – English ～ king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
• capital of the Dominican Republic — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic; "Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere"

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