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Old Swan

Old Swan proper noun: a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ3991).

old swan: a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ3991)
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Proper noun

Old Swan

  1. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ3991).

Origin of Old Swan

Apparently named after a former public house named the Three Swans. There is now another pub named the Old Swan.

Questions about Old Swan

What does Old Swan mean?
Old Swan means a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ3991).
What part of speech is Old Swan?
Old Swan is a proper noun.

Words near Old Swan in the dictionary

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  2. Old Stone Age
  3. Old Strait
  4. Old Stratford
  5. Old Style
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  7. old sweat
  8. old sweats
  9. Old Swedish
  10. Old Swiss Confederacy
  11. Old Tagalog

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