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Seward

//ˈs(j)u.əɹd// name

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  1. 1
    A surname. countable
  2. 2
    A placename; A city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A small city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A city, the county seat of Seward County, Nebraska, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; A small borough of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename; Ellipsis of Seward County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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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