Swale

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English

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 Borough of Swale on Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old English *swalwe (“rushing water”), which could be related to swealwe. Also compare the proper noun Swallow.[1][2]

Proper noun

Swale

  1. A river, a tributary of the Ure in North Yorkshire, England.
  2. The Swale, a channel between the Isle of Sheppey and the Kentish mainland.
  3. A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, created in 1974 with its headquarters in Sittingbourne and named after the channel.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mills, D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford, p. 339
  2. ^ English Place-Name Society. (1973). United Kingdom: The University Press, p. 7

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