Swansea

American  

[swon-see, -zee] / ˈswɒn si, -zi /

noun

1. Official Name City and County of Swansea.  a seaport in southern Wales.

2. a city in southeastern Massachusetts.

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Swansea British  

/ 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)

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Etymology

Origin of Swansea

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)

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Swansea

Christopher, from Swansea, said he had planned to take it back down immediately, but people asked him to keep it there so they could take pictures - sparking backlash about its impact on the environment.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Similar accounts later emerged elsewhere in the United Kingdom, particularly in coastal communities including Hythe, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

It was fitted after Donna, from Swansea, developed stress urinary incontinence in her 30s, and the procedure has since been paused by the NHS.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

That passionate avowal is delivered, in the 1986 classic “Sherman’s March,” by southern dynamo and self-appointed matchmaker Charleen Swansea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Centuries later Scandinavian rovers raided the coasts, leaving traces of their more or less temporary occupation in such place-names as Burry Holms, Worms Head and Swansea, and probably also in some cliff earthworks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various