Chelsea

From Old English Celchyth, from cealc (“chalk”) +‎ hȳþ (“landing place”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/
• Conservative (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛlsɪ/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃelsi/
• Rhymes: -ɛlsi

Chelsea

1. An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.
2. A type of porcelain once manufactured there.
3. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
   1. A New York City neighborhood in Manhattan.
      • 1969, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Chelsea Morning”:

        Woke up, it was Chelsea morning / And the first thing that I heard / Was a song outside my window

   2. A town, the county seat of Orange County, Vermont.
   3. A village and census-designated place within the town in Vermont.
4. A female given name transferred from the place name.

   Synonym: (diminutive, informal) Chels

5. Chelsea FC, an English association football club.

• Chelsea, London on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chelsea, Manhattan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Chelsea, referring in this case to the town in Vermont (the former hometown of the first colonists).

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛl.si/
• Hyphenation: Chel‧sea
• Rhymes: -i

Chelsea m

1. A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.