"Swindon" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-uk-Swindon.ogg [UK]
Etymology: From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|swīn|t=swine, pig}} Old English swīn (“swine, pig”), {{m|ang|denu|t=valley}} denu (“valley”), {{m|en|Swinden}} Swinden, {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{m|non|Sveinn}} Sveinn, {{m|ang|swān|id=man}} swān Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Swindon
  1. A town, unitary authority, and borough in Wiltshire, England Categories (place): Districts of England, Districts of Wiltshire, England, Places in England, Places in Wiltshire, England, Towns in England, Towns in Wiltshire, England, Boroughs in England
    Sense id: en-Swindon-en-name-sZVg2xmh Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 22 28 28 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 30 26
  2. A suburban village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England, also known as Swindon Village (OS grid ref SO9325). Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Gloucestershire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Gloucestershire, England, Boroughs in England Derived forms: Swindonian
    Sense id: en-Swindon-en-name--B12oXuL Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 22 28 28 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 30 26
  3. A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8690). Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Staffordshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Staffordshire, England, Boroughs in England
    Sense id: en-Swindon-en-name-reWHjMGl Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 22 28 28 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 30 26
  4. A community in Perry township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario, Boroughs in England
    Sense id: en-Swindon-en-name-ri5t6hcj Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 22 28 28 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 30 26

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          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-Swindon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/En-uk-Swindon.ogg/En-uk-Swindon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/En-uk-Swindon.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.