Chelsea

[ chel-see ]

noun

a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

a female given name.

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How to use Chelsea in a sentence

Chelsea Handler made political statements with hers on Instagram.
Year of the Butt: How the Booty Changed the World in 2014 | Kevin Fallon | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Keith Green finds Ramone at the Chelsea, trying to kick heroin for good.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The service, at which royal friend Ellie Goulding performed, was also in Chelsea.
Prince Harry’s Big Boozy Week | Tom Sykes | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Years ago he was renting a room inside a building in Chelsea; he was forced out when the building was sold.
This Fashion World Darling Is Homeless | Erica Wagner | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“It began at 1st and Main,” recalled USC student Chelsea Kirk.
Dispatch From USC Protests over Ferguson | Maya Richard Craven | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

There lay his bit of Chelsea on the floor—upset, smashed, not picked up!
Tristram of Blent | Anthony Hope
The household at Chelsea was never closer drawn together than in those times of trial.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII | John Lord
Two wagons, sent out to them with supplies, were waylaid and captured by Payson, the minister of Chelsea.
Revolutionary Reader | Sophie Lee Foster
The end to this turbulent life came at Chelsea, then a riverside village, whither she had gone for a change of air.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
It is a very old dilapidated house, by the side of a little stream that runs into the Thames somewhere by Old Chelsea.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Chelsea

Chelsea

/ (ˈtʃɛlsɪ) /

noun

a residential district of SW London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: site of the Chelsea Royal Hospital for old and invalid soldiers (Chelsea Pensioners)

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