Swansea

[ swon-see, -zee ]

noun

1. Official_name City and County of Swansea. a seaport in southern Wales.
2. a city in southeastern Massachusetts.

Swansea

/ ˈswɒnzɪ /

noun

1. a port in S Wales, in Swansea county on an inlet of the Bristol Channel ( Swansea Bay ); a metallurgical and oil-refining centre; university (1920). Pop: 169 880 (2001)
2. a county of S Wales on the Bristol Channel, created in 1996 from part of West Glamorgan: includes the Swansea conurbation and the Gower peninsula. Administrative centre: Swansea. Pop: 224 600 (2003 est). Area: 378 sq km (146 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Swansea¹

From Old Norse Sveinsey “Sweyn's Island, Sweyn's Inlet,” the name of a Viking trading post founded by the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard (960?–1014)

Example Sentences

Swansea council electrician Thomas Mainwaring said the local authority’s homes were fitted with hard-wired smoke alarms and were connected to a lighting circuit.

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There are currently two accredited NHS endometriosis centres in Wales, in Swansea and Cardiff.

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Rachel Davies, 40, from Swansea, was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2021.

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"I can be in a group and it's keeping up with conversations, knowing what to say... it's not knowing the rules of small talk," said Andrew, who lives in Mount Pleasant, Swansea.

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Hundreds of staff at the Land Registry in Swansea are heading towards a ballot on strike action over a move to get them to work three days a week in the office.

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