Swansea

[ swon-see, -zee ]

/ ˈswɒn si, -zi /

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noun

a seaport in West Glamorgan, in S Wales.

a city in SE Massachusetts.

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Words nearby Swansea

Swanndri, swan neck, swannery, Swanscombe man, swansdown, Swansea, swanskin, swan's neck, swan's neck pediment, Swanson, swan song

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How to use Swansea in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Swansea enlisted the Brooklyn-based architect Ben Krone, and together they created an image.
Toro! Painting the Goyesque|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST

After leaving Swansea, they went to Taunton and Middleboro, where they burned several houses and killed a few persons.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney
These sands, and another large shoal called the Skerweathers, nearer Swansea, have been fatal to many vessels.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 472|Various
The following autumn Wheatstone performed a similar experiment in the Bay of Swansea.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
The sight of the cockle-women at Swansea, where we had to wait, would make a fine subject for a painter.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot
For introducing to the reader the people of the fairy kingdom beneath the bay of Swansea, I have no apology to make.
The Cambrian Sketch-Book|R. Rice Davies

British Dictionary definitions for Swansea

Swansea

/ (ˈswɒnzɪ) /

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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