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Swansea
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Swan·sea  (swänz, -s)
A borough of southern Wales west-northwest of Cardiff. It is an industrial port on Swansea Bay, an inlet of the Bristol Channel. Population: 169,000.

Swansea [ˈswɒnzɪ]
n
1. (Placename) a port in S Wales, in Swansea county on an inlet of the Bristol Channel (Swansea Bay); a metallurgical and oil-refining centre; university (1920). Pop.: 171 038 (1991)
2. (Placename) a county of S Wales on the Bristol Channel, created in 1996 from part of West Glamorgan: includes the Swansea conurbation and the Gower peninsula. Administrative centre: Swansea. Pop.: 223 293 (2001). Area: 378 sq. km (146 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Swansea - a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol ChannelSwansea - a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel
Cambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria


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If you are thinking of staying in the UK rather than flying abroad this summer then a warm Welsh welcome awaits visitors to the city of Swansea and its surrounding area in glorious South Wales.
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