Bilingual name sign at Swansea railway station
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Bilingual name sign at Swansea railway station
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 13 Mar 2015
The English name for the city is of Viking origin. The first element of Swansea is from a Norse name, probably Sweyn or Sveinn. The second element meant island or inlet. The earliest recorded form of the name is Sweynesse, which was used in the charter granting borough status in the 12th century. The first recorded use of the Welsh name (now spelt Abertawe - mouth of the River Tawe) was not until several decades later, in Welsh poems.
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