Swansea

[swon-see, -zee]

noun

a seaport in West Glamorgan, in S Wales.

a city in SE Massachusetts.

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Examples from the Web for swansea

Contemporary Examples of swansea

Princess Lilian was born Lilian Davies in Swansea, Wales, in August 1915 and moved to London aged 16 to follow a modelling career.
Princess Lilian of Sweden
Tom Sykes
March 11, 2013
Sonny Rees drank the 40% proof whisky at his 2nd birthday in a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea.
Never Too Young, Apparently
David Frum
October 11, 2012
Swansea approached the owner of the arena in Arles, got the gig, and set to work.
Toro! Painting the Goyesque
Anthony Haden-Guest
September 30, 2010
Swansea enlisted the Brooklyn-based architect Ben Krone, and together they created an image.
Toro! Painting the Goyesque
Anthony Haden-Guest
September 30, 2010

Historical Examples of swansea

Cardiff and Swansea are ports connected with the coal and iron trade.
Commercial Geography
Jacques W. Redway
Meet in the Guildhall, for the Swansea District, every month.
Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854
Ebenezer Pearse
Once at Swansea, I can easily find means of embarking for France.
Boscobel: or, the royal oak
William Harrison Ainsworth
How rejoiced I shall be when your majesty is safe at Swansea!
Boscobel: or, the royal oak
William Harrison Ainsworth
He sailed out of Swansea Bay October 11, 1869, and has not since been heard of.
The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 5 - May 1891
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British Dictionary definitions for swansea

Swansea

noun

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)

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)

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