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Swan
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swan SWAN ꓢꓪꓮꓠꓸ
English
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Etymology 1
en ine-pro *swenh₂-
From en swan, the bird.
surname An English nickname from the en swan bird.
Alternative forms
surname en Swann
Noun
en Australian rules football someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Proper noun
~ s
en nicknames.
Edward Helmore Comparison to Hitler, Mao, Stalin? Trump says: ‘Sounds good to me!’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/trump-hitler-mao-stalin 2026-06-19 CNN reported on Friday that Trump first mentioned the document in a March interview with the New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their book Regime Change, an account of the first 14 months of Trump’s second term, which is to be published next week. https://web.archive.org/web/20260719185503/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/trump-hitler-mao-stalin
en number of places c/USA:
en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Noble County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Marion County s/Iowa.
en unincorporated community/and/twp co/Taney County s/Missouri, named after en Swan Creek.
en unincorporated community co/Smith County s/Texas.
en unincorporated community town:pref/Frankfort co/Marathon County s/Wisconsin.
en Other <<townships>>, in <<s/Illinois>>, <<s/Nebraska>> and <<s/Ohio>>, listed under Swan Township.
en lgarea in city/Perth s/Western Australia the City of Swan.
Derived terms
en Swan band Swan spectrum
Related terms
en Swan Creek Swan Quarter Swan River Swan View
Etymology 2
en Swansea.
Noun
en soccer someone connected with Swansea City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
en 3 November 2013 Delme Parfitt Wales Online Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win The Swans will doubtless recover, but they will head home this evening knowing that they didn't do themselves justice in a game that means so much to supporters.
Anagrams
en answ NASW WANs Wans awns sawn wans