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swan's road

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
swan's road
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ocean; the open sea.

Literary

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Old English swanrād, from swan (“swan”) + rād (“road”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

the swan's road (canonical)

Synonyms

whale-road whale's road whale's way

Questions

What does swan's road mean?
The ocean; the open sea.
Where does swan's road come from?
Calque of Old English swanrād, from swan (“swan”) + rād (“road”).

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