Seward
//ˈs(j)u.əɹd// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable
- 2 A placename; A city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename; An unincorporated community in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; A small city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename; A city, the county seat of Seward County, Nebraska, United States. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename; An unincorporated community in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename; A small borough of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename; Ellipsis of Seward County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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More examples"William Henry Seward, President Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State in the 1860s proposed both the purchase of Greenland and Iceland when he was negotiating the purchase of Alaska from Russia."
Etymology
Originally two distinct names: * Middle English Seward, Siward, from Old English Siġeweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigiwardu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigiwarduz, from *segaz (“victory”) + *warduz (“guard”). * Middle English Seward, from Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ (“sea”) + weard (“guard”).
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