Wellesley College

Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in , United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of women's colleges in the northeastern United States.
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  • Type: College
  • Description: private women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Wellesley Centers for Women”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Davis Museum at Wellesley College and Whitin Observatory.

Museum
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The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the Wellesley College campus in , . The college art collection was first displayed in the Farnsworth Art Building, founded in 1889. is situated 1,600 feet north of Wellesley College.

Observatory
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is an astronomical owned and operated by Wellesley College. Built in 1900, with additions in 1906, 1967, and 2010, it is located in , and named after Wellesley College trustee Mrs. is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Wellesley College.

College building
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is a college building, which is situated 1,500 feet north of Wellesley College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellesley and Natick.

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is a city in in the area. It is a wealthy suburb and home to College, Babson College and Mass Bay Community College. includes the villages of Babson Park and Hills.

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is a town in with a population of about 37,000. It's approximately 10 miles west of .

Neighborhood
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is a populated place in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles west of Wellesley College.

Wellesley College

Latitude
42.28955° or 42° 17′ 22″ north
Longitude
-71.3086° or 71° 18′ 31″ west
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
Open location code
87JC7MQR+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 123423313
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­college
Geo­Names ID
4954740
Wiki­data ID
Q49205
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wellesley College” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلية ويليسلي”
  • Armenian: “Ուելսլի քոլեջ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uellsli kolleci”
  • Basque: “Wellesley College”
  • Belarusian: “Каледж Уэлслі”
  • Belarusian: “Коледж Ўэлесьлі”
  • Catalan: “Wellesley College”
  • Chinese: “卫斯理女子文理学院”
  • Chinese: “卫斯理学院”
  • Chinese: “维斯理学院”
  • Chinese: “衛斯理學院”
  • Czech: “Wellesley College”
  • Czech: “Wellesleyská kolej”
  • Dutch: “Wellesley College”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كليه ويليسلى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويلزيلى كوليدچ”
  • Esperanto: “Kolegio Wellesley”
  • Esperanto: “Universitato Wellesley”
  • Finnish: “Wellesley College”
  • French: “Wellesley College”
  • Galician: “Wellesley College”
  • Georgian: “უელსლის კოლეჯი”
  • German: “Wellesley College”
  • German: “Wellesley wife”
  • Greek: “Κολέγιο Ουέλσλεϊ”
  • Hebrew: “מכללת וולזלי”
  • Hebrew: “מכללת ולסלי”
  • Hungarian: “Wellesley College”
  • Igbo: “Wellesley Centers for Women”
  • Igbo: “Wellesley College”
  • Iloko: “Wellesley College”
  • Indonesian: “Wellesley College”
  • Irish: “Coláiste Wellesley”
  • Italian: “Wellesley College”
  • Japanese: “ウェルズリー大学”
  • Kazakh: “Уэллсли колледжі”
  • Korean: “웰즐리 대학교”
  • Korean: “웰즐리 칼리지”
  • Latin: “Collegium Wellesleianum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wellesley College”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wellesley College”
  • Norwegian: “Wellesley College”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wellesley College”
  • Persian: “کالج ولزلی”
  • Polish: “Wellesley College”
  • Portuguese: “Wellesley College”
  • Russian: “Колледж Уэллсли”
  • Russian: “Колледж Уэлсли”
  • Scots: “Wellesley College”
  • Serbian: “Велсли”
  • Serbian: “Колеџ Велсли”
  • Slovenian: “Wellesley College”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ولزلی کالجی”
  • Spanish: “Wellesley College”
  • Swedish: “Wellesley College”
  • Tatar: “Веллсли көллияте”
  • Turkish: “Wellesley Koleji”
  • Ukrainian: “Коледж Веллслі”
  • Urdu: “ویلزلی کالج”
  • Venetian: “Wellesley College”
  • Welsh: “Coleg Wellesley”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուէլսլի Քոլէճ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویلسلے کالج”
  • Yue Chinese: “衛斯理學院”

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