Swansea

From Old Norse personal name Sveinn('s) + ey (“island”). Written Sweynesse c. 1165, Sueinesea in 1190, Swanesey in 1322.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɒnzi/
• Rhymes: -ɒnzi

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Swansea

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

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

• seawans

Unadapted borrowing from English Swansea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɔn.zi/
• Rhymes: -ɔnzi
• Syllabification: Swan‧sea

Swansea n (indeclinable)

1. Swansea (a city in Wales)

• Swansea in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Swansea.

Swansea

1. Swansea (a city in Wales)