swansea
/ˈswɒnzi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A city and county in South Wales.
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Etymology
From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sweynesse, Sveins ey