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Sway

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).

Etymology

From Old English svieia (“noisy stream”) (see swegan (“to make a noise”)), probably referring to the river Avon.

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