Chelsea

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English

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Etymology

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

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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. (soccer) Chelsea FC, an English association football club.

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Etymology

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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).

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

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Chelsea m

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