Swansea

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Swansea

  • /ˈswɒnzi/

Rhymes with -ɒnzi

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: waunarlwydd, mawr, llangyfelach, loughor, abertawe, clydach, gowerton, pennard, llanrhidian higher, cwmdu, cardiff, port eynon, st thomas, three crosses, felindre, gorseinon

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name a city in South Wales

中文斯旺西 Sīwàngxi
हिन्दीस्वांज़ी svānzī
PortuguêsSwansea
ΕλληνικάΣουάνσι Souánsi
РусскийСуо́нси Suónsi

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"Swansea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/swansea. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Swansea. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/swansea

Chicago

"Swansea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/swansea.

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@misc{swansea_2026,
  title = {Swansea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swansea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}