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==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|ang|Celchyth}}, from {{compound|ang|cealc|hȳþ|t1=chalk|t2=landing place|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/|a=RP,GA,CA}}
* Conservative {{IPA|en|/ˈt͡ʃɛlsɪ/|a=RP}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chelsea.wav|a=Southern England}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Chelsea.wav}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈt͡ʃelsi/|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛlsi|s=2}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{place|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}}.
# A type of [[porcelain]] once manufactured there.
# Any of several places (mostly in the US):
## {{place|en|A <<city/New York City>> neighborhood in <<sub/Manhattan>>}}.
##* {{quote-song|en|year=1969|author=w:Joni Mitchell|title=w:Chelsea Morning|passage=Woke up, it was '''Chelsea''' morning / And the first thing that I heard / Was a song outside my window}}
## {{place|en|town/county seat|co/Orange County|s/Vermont}}.
## {{place|en|village/and/CDP|within the town in|s/Vermont}}.
# {{given name|en|female|from=place names}}.
#: {{syn|en|Chels|q1=diminutive, informal}}
# {{lb|en|soccer}} {{w|Chelsea FC}}, an English [[association football]] club.

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|Chelsea boots|Chelsea bun|Chelsea chop
|Chelsea pensioner
|Chelsea tractor
|{{l|en|Kensington and Chelsea}} {{qualifier|London Borough}}
|Chelsea cut|Chelsea haircut|Chelsea smile|Chelsea-on-Sea}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|district of London}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|切爾西}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|چلسی|tr=čelsi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Chelsea, London}}
* {{pedia|Chelsea, Manhattan}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aceehls|leaches}}

{{C|en|Organizations}}

==French==

===Etymology===
The name of the municipality is derived from the {{der|fr|en|-}} toponym {{m|en|Chelsea}}, referring in this case to the town in Vermont (the former hometown of the first colonists). 

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|[Ch:Tch,ea:i]}}
* {{hyphenation|fr|Chel|sea}}
* {{rhymes|fr|i|s=2}}

===Proper noun===
{{fr-proper noun|m}}

# {{place|fr|municipality|rcm/Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais|r/Outaouais|p/Quebec|c/Canada}}.