Chelsea

English Etymology From en ang Ċealchȳþ, from ang cealc hȳþ chalk landing place 1. Pronunciation en /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/ RP,GA,CA Conservative en /ˈt͡ʃɛlsɪ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chelsea.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Chelsea.wav en /ˈt͡ʃelsi/ AU en /ˈt͡ʃælsi/ Australia,Victoria,salary-celery en ɛlsi 2 Proper noun en urban area in west city/London on the north bank of the river river/Thames in the lbor/Kensington and Chelsea co/Greater London OS grid ref TQ2778. A type of porcelain once manufactured there. Any of several places (mostly in the US): en city co/Suffolk County s/Massachusetts c/US. en Nick Stoico Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns w:Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 2025-01-22 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260609112223/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 9 June 2026 en A <<city/New York City>> neighborhood in <<sub/Manhattan>>. en 1969 w:Joni Mitchell w:Chelsea Morning Woke up, it was Chelsea morning / And the first thing that I heard / Was a song outside my window en town/county seat co/Orange County s/Vermont c/US. en village/and/CDP within the town in s/Vermont. TopoZone: Chelsea, Vermont en suburb of city/Melbourne in the city:Pref/Kingston s/Victoria c/Australia en unisex place names. en female place names. en Chels diminutive, informal en rare en male place names. en soccer Chelsea FC, an English association football club. en March 11 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/11/chelsea-in-crisis-but-there-is-no-will-to-leave-club-on-their-knees-roman-abramovich David Hytner Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees w:The Guardian 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220407075421/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/11/chelsea-in-crisis-but-there-is-no-will-to-leave-club-on-their-knees-roman-abramovich Derived terms en Chelsea boot Chelsea bun Chelsea chop Chelsea cut Chelsea haircut Chelsea Heights Chelsea pensioner Chelsea smile Chelsea tractor Chelsea-on-Sea Chelski Kensington and Chelsea<qq:London Borough> Translations district of London Chinese: Cantonese: yue 車路士 Mandarin: cmn 切爾西 Georgian: ka ჩელსი Japanese: ja チェルシー Cherushī Korean: ko ^첼시 Persian: fa چلسی čelsi Thai: th เชลซี sheosi References Further reading Chelsea (given name) Chelsea, London Chelsea, Manhattan Anagrams en aceehls leaches en Organizations French Etymology The name of the municipality is derived from the fr en - toponym en Chelsea, referring in this case to the town in Vermont (the former hometown of the first colonists). Pronunciation [Ch:Tch,ea:i] fr Chel sea fr i 2 Proper noun m fr municipality rcm/Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais r/Outaouais p/Quebec c/Canada