Swansea

//ˈswɒnzi// name

name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and county in South Wales.
  2. 2
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A neighbourhood of the city of Toronto, Ontario.
  3. 3
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona.
  4. 4
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
  5. 5
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A village in St. Clair County, Illinois.
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  1. 6
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
  2. 7
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada.
  3. 8
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.
  4. 9
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.
  5. 10
    Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:; A town in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania.

Example

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"Scientists at Swansea University are investigating the possibility that maggot secretions may have some potent bug-fighting abilities."

Etymology

From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”).

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