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swansea

/ˈswɒnzi/

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What does swansea mean?

proper noun

  1. A city and county in South Wales.
  2. A neighbourhood of the city of Toronto, Ontario.
  3. A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona.
More meanings (7)

proper noun

  1. A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
  2. A village in St. Clair County, Illinois.
  3. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
  4. A ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada.
  5. A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.
  6. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.
  7. A town in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈswɒnzi/

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I reached Llan---, a small village half-way between Swansea and Neath, and without stopping continued my course, walking very fast.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
These mines are of copper, and the ore is all shipped to Swansea, to be smelted.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
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The following autumn Wheatstone performed a similar experiment in the Bay of Swansea.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
Treasure Hill has about half as many, Shermantown one family, and Swansea none, while on the other hand the graveyards are far too full.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326
Her second husband, Sir Matthew Cradoc, more honest and more happy than her first, lies beside her in a tomb in the old church of Swansea.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699