Swansea

From Old Norse personal name Sveinn('s) + ey (“island”). Written Sweynesse c. 1165, Sueinesea in 1190, Swanesey in 1322.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɒnzi/
• Rhymes: -ɒnzi

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Swansea

1. A city and county of South Wales.
2. Various towns in the United States and Australia.
   1. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

• seawans

Borrowed from English Swansea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɔn.zi/
• Rhymes: -ɔnzi
• Syllabification: Swan‧sea

Swansea n (indeclinable)

1. Swansea

• Swansea in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Swansea in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Swansea.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈswɐ̃.si/

Swansea

1. Swansea (a city in Wales)