Chase

Chase

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs
• Homophone: chase

Chase (countable and uncountable, plural Chases)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname from a Middle English nickname for a hunter.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
3. A placename
   1. A village and river in British Columbia, Canada.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Alabama.
      2. A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
      3. An unincorporated community in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana.
      4. A city in Rice County, Kansas.
      5. An unincorporated community in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
      7. A township in Lake County, Michigan.
      8. A census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
      9. A town and unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
   3. Ellipsis of Chase County.

• Chaes, Cheas, HACEs, aches, e-cash, ecash