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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.SwanseaSwansea - 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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It appeared he had "served his time" in the copper-ore trade, the famous copper-ore trade of old days between Swansea and the Chilian coast, coal out and ore in, deep-loaded both ways, as if in wanton defiance of the great Cape Horn seas - a work, this, for staunch ships, and a great school of staunchness for West- Country seamen.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
These mines are of copper, and the ore is all shipped to Swansea, to be smelted.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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