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A city on the south coast of Wales, the second largest in the country after Cardiff, sitting on a wide bay. It grew rich in the 1800s from copper and coal: metal was shipped in and out of its docks, and for a while it was called 'Copperopolis'.
A city on the south coast of Wales威爾斯南岸的一座城市，the second largest in the country after Cardiff是全國第二大城市，僅次於卡地夫，sitting on a wide bay坐落在一個寬闊的海灣邊。It grew rich in the 1800s from copper and coal它在1800年代靠銅和煤致富：metal was shipped in and out of its docks金屬礦料經由它的碼頭進出，and for a while it was called 'Copperopolis'一度還被稱為「銅都」（Copperopolis）。
That industry has gone, and today people know it for Swansea University, for the long beach of Swansea Bay and the Gower peninsula just beside it, and as a base for visiting the Brecon Beacons mountains inland. It is also known as the home town of the poet Dylan Thomas, who called it an 'ugly, lovely town'.
That industry has gone那個產業已經消失了，and today people know it for Swansea University如今大家認識它是因為斯溫西大學、for the long beach of Swansea Bay and the Gower peninsula just beside it斯溫西灣的長海灘和旁邊的高爾半島（Gower peninsula），and as a base for visiting the Brecon Beacons mountains inland以及作為前往內陸布雷肯比肯斯山（Brecon Beacons）的據點。It is also known as the home town of the poet Dylan Thomas它也是詩人狄倫·湯瑪斯（Dylan Thomas）的故鄉，who called it an 'ugly, lovely town'他曾把它稱為「醜陋又可愛的城鎮」。
In English the name is said 'SWON-zee' — the second part sounds like 'zee', not like the word 'sea', which surprises people because of the spelling. In Welsh the city has a completely different name, Abertawe, meaning 'mouth of the river Tawe', and you will see both names on road signs there.
In English the name is said 'SWON-zee'這個名字在英語裡唸作「SWON-zee」——the second part sounds like 'zee', not like the word 'sea'後半段聽起來像「zee」，不是「sea」，which surprises people because of the spelling這常讓人因為拼法而意外。In Welsh the city has a completely different name在威爾斯語裡，這座城市有個完全不同的名字，Abertawe, meaning 'mouth of the river Tawe'叫Abertawe，意思是「陶依河（Tawe）的出海口」，and you will see both names on road signs there你在當地的路牌上會同時看到這兩個名字。
As a proper noun it takes no 'the': you go to Swansea, you live in Swansea.
As a proper noun it takes no 'the'作為專有名詞，它前面不加the：you go to Swansea, you live in Swansea你會說you go to Swansea（去斯溫西）、you live in Swansea（住在斯溫西）。
組成From Old Norse 'Sveins ey', meaning 'Sveinn's island' — Sveinn was a Norse man's name, and 'ey' meant island. Norse sailors named it; the Welsh name Abertawe is unrelated.
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Swanseaname/ˈswɒnzi/
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A city and county in South Wales.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。