Swale

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A river, a tributary of the Ure in North Yorkshire, England.

  2. 2.

    A strait between the Isle of Sheppey and the Kentish mainland; in full, The Swale.

  3. 3.

    A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, created in 1974 with its headquarters in Sittingbourne and named after the channel.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary