Swansea

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

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 suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.
   9. A town in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania.

Translations

a city in South Wales

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯旺西 (Sīwàngxi)

• Greek: Σουάνσι (Souánsi)
• Macedonian: Свонзи n (Svonzi)
• Polish: Swansea n (indecl)
• Portuguese: Swansea f
• Russian: Суо́нси (ru) m (Suónsi)
• Welsh: Abertawe (cy)

References

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

Anagrams

• seawans

Polish

Swansea

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Swansea.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Swansea n (indeclinable)

1. Swansea (a city in Wales)

Further reading

• Swansea in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Swansea.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈswɐ̃.si/

Proper noun

Swansea

1. Swansea (a city in Wales)