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Sween

Sween proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Sween (plural Sweens)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Forms of Sween

pluralSweens

Origin of Sween

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McSween. * As a Norwegian surname, variant of Sveen, from Old Norse svíð (“land cleared by burning”), from svíða (“to burn”).

Questions about Sween

What does Sween mean?
Sween means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Sween?
Sween is a proper noun.

Words near Sween in the dictionary

  1. sweedie
  2. Sweedy
  3. Sweek
  4. Sweelinckian
  5. sweem
  6. Sween
  7. Sweeney
  8. Sweeneys
  9. Sweens
  10. sweeny
  11. Sweenys

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