Chelsea

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Chelsea

  • /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/ Canada, US, UK
  • /ˈt͡ʃɛlsɪ/ UK
  • /ˈt͡ʃelsi/ Australia
  • /ˈt͡ʃælsi/

Rhymes with -ɛlsi

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2778).
  2. A type of porcelain once manufactured there.
  3. A city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.
  4. A New York City neighborhood in Manhattan. Woke up, it was Chelsea morning / And the first thing that I heard / Was a song outside my window
  5. A town, the county seat of Orange County, Vermont, United States.
  6. A village and census-designated place within the town in Vermont.
  7. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
  8. A female given name transferred from the place name.

    Similar: Chels

  9. rare A male given name transferred from the place name.
  10. Chelsea FC, an English association football club. A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: barcelona, okay, boat, derby, exposure, chelsey, locale, district, borough, neighborhood, quarter, area, locality, enclave, division, region

Translations

Every language

name district of London

한국어첼시 Chelsi
日本語チェルシー Cherushī
中文切爾西 /切尔西 Qiè'ěrxī

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MLA

"Chelsea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chelsea. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Chelsea. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chelsea

Chicago

"Chelsea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chelsea.

BibTeX
@misc{chelsea_2026,
  title = {Chelsea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chelsea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}