Chelsea

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Chelsea
Pronunciation	CHELL-see
Gender	Female
Meaning	chalk landing place
Origin	Old English
Related names	Kelsey
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Chelsea"

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The girl's name Chelsea \ch(el)-sea\ is pronounced CHELL-see. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is chalk landing place. 20th-century coinage and place name, in reference to the district in London and several places in America. Possibly linked with British pop culture of the late 1960s and songs like Joni Mitchell's "Chelsea Morning". Also possibly influenced by Kelsey. First Daughter Chelsea Clinton.

Chelsea may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Organizations 4 Culture 4.1 Events 4.2 Film and television 4.3 Music 4.4 Printed media 4.5 Sport 5 Other

[edit] Places

Australia

• Chelsea, Victoria

Canada

• Chelsea, Quebec

United Kingdom

• Chelsea, London
  • Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, a former borough in London
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, a borough in London
  • Chelsea tube station, a railway station

United States

• Chelsea, Alabama
• Chelsea, Maine
• Chelsea, Massachusetts
• Chelsea, Michigan
• Chelsea, Manhattan, New York
• Chelsea, South Dakota

[edit] People

• Chelsey Bell, curler
• Chelsea Bernasconi, martial artist
• Chelsea Blue, former pornographic actress
• Chelsea Brown, actress
• Chelsea Brummet, actress
• Chelsea Chen, organist
• Chelsea Charms, a big-breast model
• Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
• Chelsea Cooley, ex Miss USA
• Chelsy Davy, ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry
• Chelsea Field, actress
• Chelsea Georgeson, world title holding surfer
• Chelsea Handler, comedian
• Chelsee Healey, actress
• Chelsea Hobbs, actress
• Chelsea Korka, pop singer
• Chelsea Newton, basketball player
• Chelsea Noble, actress
• Chelsea Peretti, writer and comedian
• Chelsea Quealey, jazz trumpeter
• Chelsi Smith, beauty queen
• Chelsea Staub, actress and singer
• Chelsea Tavares, actress
• Chelsea Wilson, actress
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, writer
• Chelsie Hightower, professional ballroom dancer
• Chelsea McGary, comedian and actress

[edit] Organizations

• Chelsea College of Art and Design, an art and design college in London, England
• Chelsea porcelain factory, a factory in London, England
• Hotel Chelsea, a hotel in New York City, United States
• Chelsea Piers, a sports and entertainment complex in New York City, United States
• Chelsea Sugar Refinery, a factory in Birkenhead, New Zealand
• Royal Hospital Chelsea, home for former soldiers in London, England
  • Chelsea pensioner, an occupant of Royal Hospital Chelsea
• Chelsea Building Society, a UK building society

[edit] Culture

[edit] Events

• Chelsea Flower Show, annual event organised by the Royal Horticultural Society at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK

[edit] Film and television

• Chelsea Benson, a character from the US soap opera Days of our Lives
• Chelsea Daniels, a character from the US sitcom That's So Raven
• Chelsea Fox, a character from the UK soap opera EastEnders
• Chelsea Girls, a 1966 film
• Chelsea Lately, a US TV talk show starring Chelsea Handler

[edit] Music

• "Chelsea Dagger", a song by The Fratellis
• Chelsea Girl (album), an album by Nico
• "Chelsea Morning", a song written by Joni Mitchell and recorded by Judy Collins and others
• "Chelsea Rodgers", single from Prince's Planet Earth album
• Chelsea (band), a punk band
• "Chelsea" (STEFY song), a song by STEFY
• Chelsea (American band), former Kiss drummer Peter Criss's first band
  • Chelsea (album), the only album released by the above band
• Chelsea Smile, a song by Bring Me the Horizon.

[edit] Printed media

• Chelsea Boys, a comic strip
• Chelsea (magazine), a small literary magazine since 1958 in New York City

[edit] Sport

• Chelsea F.C., a premier league association football club in London, UK
• Chelsea Hajduk Soccer Club, an association football club in Melbourne, Australia
• Chelsea L.F.C., a women's association football club associated with Chelsea F.C.

[edit] Other

• Chelsea boots
• Chelsea bun, a cake
• Chelsea (beverage), a carbonated, low-alcohol beverage
• Chelsea chic
• Chelsea, a North American slang term for a particular hairstyle popular with female skinheads; known as a feathercut in the United Kingdom

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