Etymology

Swansea

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Today it means: A city and county in South Wales. Full definition →

Middle English Sweynesse ← Old Norse Sveins ey
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromSveins ey
  2. Middle English · derived fromSweynesse
  3. English todaySwansea

From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.