Chelsea - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/
• Conservative (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛlsɪ/
• (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. (soccer) Chelsea FC, an English association football club.

• Chelsea boots
• Chelsea bun
• Chelsea chop
• Chelsea cut
• Chelsea haircut
• Chelsea-on-Sea
• Chelsea pensioner
• Chelsea smile
• Chelsea tractor
• Kensington and Chelsea (London Borough)

district of London

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 切爾西／切尔西 (zh) (Qiè'ěrxī)

• Persian: چلسی (čelsi)

• leaches

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.