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

Mr Adams was one of two students who told the BBC Pierce had acted inappropriately towards them when he was the local priest to Swansea University, then University College Swansea.

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Swansea Crown Court heard on Wednesday that, when ordered to leave the taxi, driver Geraint Jones did not think Daniel was serious until he saw the scissors close to his stomach.

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"For me, it's more being around my family and friends," said 22-year-old Neave Davies who is working near her home town in Caerphilly county after graduating as an engineer at Swansea University.

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He has netted four goals in his first two starts for Forest, against Swansea and Real Betis.

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He came to prominence at Ostersund in Sweden before being appointed manager of Swansea in June 2018, and his development and attractive playing style earned him a move to Brighton a year later.

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