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Swalwell

Swalwell proper noun: a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).

Proper noun

Swalwell (countable and uncountable, plural Swalwells)

  1. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).
  2. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A surname.
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Forms of Swalwell

pluralSwalwells

Questions about Swalwell

What does Swalwell mean?
Swalwell means a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).
What part of speech is Swalwell?
Swalwell is a proper noun.

Words near Swalwell in the dictionary

  1. swallowtailed
  2. swallowtails
  3. swallowwort
  4. swallowworts
  5. swally
  6. Swalwell
  7. swaly
  8. swam
  9. swam like a fish
  10. swam the Thames
  11. swam the Tiber

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