Chelsea
/ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/ name
name ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
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.
- 2 A type of porcelain once manufactured there.
- 3 Any of several places (mostly in the US):; 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 Any of several places (mostly in the US):; 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 Any of several places (mostly in the US):; A town, the county seat of Orange County, Vermont, United States.
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- 6 Any of several places (mostly in the US):; A village and census-designated place within the town in Vermont.
- 7 Any of several places (mostly in the US):; A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
- 8 A unisex given name transferred from the place name.; A female given name transferred from the place name.
- 9 A unisex given name transferred from the place name.; A male given name transferred from the place name. rare
- 10 Chelsea FC, an English association football club.
Example
More examples"A lot of sport clubs are still burdened by a monumental amount of debt. The worst thing about it, is that some of them are clubs that play a heavy role in leagues; clubs like Barcelona and Chelsea, and others more, are on the list that goes on and on."
Etymology
From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).