Chelsea

[ chel-see ]

/ ˈtʃɛl si /

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.

Examples from the Web for chelsea

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|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|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|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|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|DAILY BEAST
After our thickly-populated Chelsea, I went on quickly, it seems isolated here.
Incredible Adventures|Algernon Blackwood
As a consequence, North Chelsea was set off in 1846, and Chelsea shrank to its present boundaries.
Bay State Monthly, Volume I, No. 2, February, 1884|Various
In it is mentioned the lands in Chelsea, then in possession of the Church of Westminster.
Chelsea|George Bryan
A large vein of it is also to be met with at Mile-end and Chelsea.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 16, 1841|Various
It appeared that the grim old Chelsea hermit had once, when a child, saved in a teacup three bright halfpence.
The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893|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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Word Origin and History for chelsea

Chelsea

district in southwest London, Chelchuthe (1300), Old English Chelchede (1086), Celchyth (789), Caelichyth (767), probably literally "chalk landing place," from Old English cealc "chalk" (see chalk (n.)) + hyth "landing place." Perhaps chalk or limestone was unloaded here from Chalk near Gravesend in Kent. Chelsea Hospital founded by Charles II, built 1680s, as a home for aged veterans. As a fem. proper name, not in the top 1,000 names in U.S. until 1969, then in the top 100 among girls born 1984 to 1998, peaking at number 15 in 1992.

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