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

"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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Watch Viktor Gyokeres score the only goal of his loan spell at Swansea City in a 2-0 FA Cup win against Stevenage in January 2021.

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Leeds' Ethan Ampadu and Swansea City's Ollie Cooper are also unavailable through injury, but Joe Allen retains his place having returned from international retirement as a second-half substitute at Cardiff City Stadium last month.

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He made only four appearances for the Seagulls and had time on loan at Swansea City, St Pauli in Germany and initially at Coventry.

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