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Definition: Swan |
SwanNoun1. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult. Verb1. To declare or affirm as true: "Before God I swear I am innocent.". 2. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next". 3. Sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "swan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
Etymology: Swan \Swan\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression swan; akin to Dutch zwaan, Old High German. swan, German schwan, Icelandic svanr, Swedish svan, Danish svane; and perhaps to English sound something audible.]. (references) |
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Bible | Swan mentioned in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:16), is sometimes met with in the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing white swans floating upon placid waters, foretells prosperous outlooks and delightful experiences. To see a black swan, denotes illicit pleasure, if near clear water. A dead swan, foretells satiety and discontentment. To see them flying, pleasant anticipations will be realized soon. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Swan Fionnuala, daughter of Lir, was transformed into a swan, and condemned to wander for many hundred years over the lakes and rivers of Ireland till the introduction of Christianity into that island. T. Moore has a poem entitled The Song of Fionnuala. (Irish Melodies, No. 11.) The male swan is called a cob, the female a pen; a young swan is called a cygnet. Swan. Ermaen says of the Cygnus otor, "This bird, when wounded, pours forth its last breath in notes most beautifully clear and loud." (Travels in Siberia, translated by Cooley, vol. ii.) Emilia says, "I will play the swan, and die in music." (Othello, v. 2.) " `What is that, mother?' `The swan, my love. He is floating down to his native grove ... Death darkens his eyes and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings. Live so, my son, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet, it may waft thee home.' " Dr. G. Doane. Swan. Mr. Nicol says of the Cygnus musicus that its note resembles the tones of a violin, though somewhat higher. Each note occurs after a long interval. The music presages a thaw in Iceland, and hence one of its great charms. Swan. A nickname for a blackamoor. (See Lucus A Non Lucendo.) "Ethiopem vocamus cygnum." Juvenal, viii. 32. A black swan. A curiosity, a rara avis. The expression is borrowed from the well known verse- "Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cycno." " `What! is it my rara avis, my black swan?' "- Sir Walter Scott: The Antiquary. Swan Swan, a public-house sign, like the peacock and pheasant, was an emblem of the parade of chivalry. Every knight chose one of these birds, which was associated in his oath with God, the Virgin, or his lady-love. Hence their use as public-house signs. The White Swan, a public-house sign, is in compliment to Anne of Cleves, descended from the Knight of the Swan. Swan with Two Necks. A corruption of "Swan with Two Nicks." The Vintners' Company mark their swans with two nicks in the beak. N.B. Royal swans are marked with five nicks- two lengthwise, and three across the bill. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was a physicist and chemist born in Sunderland, England who is famous for his development of the light bulb. In 1850 the British pioneer began working with carbonized paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb. By 1860 he was able to demonstrate a working device but lack of a good vacuum and an adequate supply of electricity resulted in a short lifetime for the bulb and inefficient light. By the mid-1870s better pumps became available, and Swan returned to his experiments.Swan received a British patent for his device in 1878. Swan reported success to the Newcastle Chemical Society and at a lecture in Newcastle in February 1879 he demonstrated a working lamp that utilized a carbon fibre filament. The most significant feature of Swan's lamp was that there was little residual oxygen in the vacuum tube to ignite the filament, thus allowing the filament was able to glow almost white-hot without catching fire. From this year he began installing light bulbs in homes and landmarks in England and by the early 1880s had started his own company.
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Mute Swan with cygnets
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Subfamily†: Cygninae
Genera Cygnus
Coscoroba† see also: Goose, Duck
AnatidaeSwans are large water birds of the Anatidae family, which also includes ducks and geese. Sometimes swans are lumped with geese in the subfamily Anserinae.
Swans mate for life; the number of eggs in each clutch varies both within and among swan species.
Young swans are known as cygnets, from the Latin word for swan, cygnus.
Most species of swan are white, but Australia is home to a species known as the Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), which is black with a red beak and white patches under its wings. The black swan is the official state emblem of Western Australia.
The following are examples:
Genus Cygnus
- Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, is a common Eurasian species, often semi-domesticated; descendants of domestic flocks have been naturalized in the eastern United States.
Mute Swans
- Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus migrates from Iceland and Arctic Europe to western Europe in winter.
- Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus is a relatively small swan which has two major subspecies
- Bewick's Swan, Cygnus columbianus bewickii is the Eurasian form which migrates from Arctic Russia to western Europe in winter. The reserves of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Britain are important for Bewick's and Whooper Swans.
- Whistling Swan, Cygnus columbianus columbianus is the North American race, which is sometimes considered a separate species from Bewick's swan.
Trumpeter Swan
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- Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator is a North American species which was hunted almost to extinction but has since recovered: it is perhaps the heaviest flying animal at 17 kilograms (38 pounds).
- Black Swan, Cygnus atratus of Australia
- Black-necked Swan, Cygnus melanocoryphus of South America, formerly Sthenelides melanocorypha.
Flock of tundra swans migrating near Alma, WI, USA
Genus Coscoroba
The Anseriformes and the Galliformes ( pheasants etc) are ancestral to neognathous birds, and should follow ratites and tinamous in bird classification systems. See the chart below
- Coscoroba Swan, Coscoroba coscoroba, also of South America
For further taxonomic comments, see also Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy.
Once swans were considered a edible form of poultry. Nowadays they are protected species in many countries. In Britain, for example, all swans are protected by law.
See also: wildfowl, waterfowl Cygnus, the Swan, is also a constellation in the northern sky.
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The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow.The Swan River drains the Avon and Swan Coastal catchments, which have a total area of about 121,000 km2. The Avon River contributes the majority of its freshwater flow. The climate of the catchment is Mediterranean, with mild wet winters, hot dry summers, and the associated highly seasonal rainfall and flow regime.
The estuary is subject to a microtidal regime, with a maximum tidal amplitude of about one metre, although water levels are also subject to barometric pressure fluctuations.
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Swan is a city located in Marion County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121.Geography
Swan is located at 41°27'59" North, 93°18'40" West (41.466268, -93.311197)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 121 people, 39 households, and 31 families residing in the city. The population density is 71.9/km² (187.0/mi²). There are 40 housing units at an average density of 23.8/km² (61.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 39 households out of which 43.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% are married couples living together, 5.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% are non-families. 20.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.10 and the average family size is 3.61. In the city the population is spread out with 34.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 132.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,750, and the median income for a family is $38,125. Males have a median income of $20,833 versus $17,083 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,936. 12.0% of the population and 11.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.4% are under the age of 18 and 9.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Swan, Iowa."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SWAN | English | Whole-Sky Liman Alpha | N/A |
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Synonyms: SwanSynonyms: affirm (v), assert (v), aver (v), avow (v), cast (v), drift (v), ramble (v), range (v), roam (v), rove (v), stray (v), swear (v), tramp (v), vagabond (v), wander (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Bird; poultry, fowl, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl; feathered tribes, feathered songster; singing bird, dicky bird; canary, warbler; finch; aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon. |
Unconformity | Nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae, rara avis, queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis, crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid, hermaphrodite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Swan |
| English words defined with "swan": Bewick's swan, black swan ♦ cob, Cobswan, cygnet, Cygnus atratus, Cygnus buccinator, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, Cygnus cygnus, Cygnus olor ♦ Elke ♦ Hooper ♦ indian shot ♦ Leda, lyrically ♦ Mute swan ♦ pen ♦ sculpt, sculpture, shoofly, Swan goose, swan orchid, swanflower, Swanlike, Swanmark, swanneck, swan's down, Swans-down, Swanskin ♦ trumpeter, trumpeter swan, tundra swan ♦ Whistling swan, whooper, whooper swan, Woopher swan. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "swan": Birds ♦ Goose and Gridiron ♦ JUPITER ♦ Knights of the Swan ♦ Leda and the Swan ♦ Mantuan Swain, Swan ♦ Public-house Signs ♦ Swan of Avon, Swan of Cambray, Swan of Mantua, Swan of Meander, Swan of Padua. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "swan": Swanmark. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Swan" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Frisian (swan). |
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Screenplays | Phoenix, Swan here (Phantom of the Paradise; writing credit: Brian De Palma) Your father used to call you his swan, so I am told (The Swan; writing credit: Ferenc Molnár; John Dighton) The White Swan! Of course (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon) | |
Lyrics | But you showin Swan, ain't that much love (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT) So I guess time will tell what's out there for Swan (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT) Like a swan that's here and gone (EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD); performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) | |
Tongue Twisters | The swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim. The swan swam back again. Well swum, swan. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Flying Swan (1965) Her Dark Swan (1924) The Going of the White Swan (1914) Leda and the Swan (1998) Natalia Markarová Swan Lake (1988) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Wave-swept lava rocks on south coast of American Samoa Swan Island in background. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Mute swans in flight. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species. There are now over 3,000 mute swans in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. They are easily distinguished from the tundra swan by their orange beaks. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | An oiled swan, one of many wildlife victims of the April 7th oil spill in Swanson Creek. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | 5 mute swan cygnets. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species. There are now over 3,000 mute swans in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A tundra swan family cruising along the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A high-marsh tide pool at Barren Island. A mute swan is in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Mute Swan. Credit: USDA. |  | Climbing into Eagle Eyrie in Swan FallsBirds of Prey National Conservation AreaBOPOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Swan Falls areaSnake River CanyonOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Jerry Rohnert. |  | Trumpeter Swan. Credit: Bob Savannah. |
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| "Swan" by Andre Engels Commentary: "Swan." | "Swan attack" by Ewald Brunmüller Commentary: "A swan attacking near a lake." |
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Decimus Junius Juvenal | A rare bird on earth, comparable to a black swan. |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This as near as I can remember, to be somewhat larger than an English swan. |
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Health | By studying changes in body composition, bone density, cardiovascular and endocrine function, and sexuality, SWAN is also contributing to our basic understanding of menopause and its treatment. (references) | |
SWAN is not only revealing the ways women from different ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds respond to menopause, but is also looking at their lives in a very broad way to try to determine what factors in women’s lives affect the perimenopause. (references) | ||
Business | Tooheys in New South Wales, Victoria Bitter (VB) in Victoria, Swan in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, VB and Fosters Lager in South Australia, and VB and Cascade in Tasmania. (references) | |
Economic History | Bermuda | John Swan replaced David Gibbons as premier in January 1982. The 1983 election issues centered on housing and social problems and Swan's leadership. (references) |
Greece | Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, swan or chipped, sliced or peeled wood, painters fillings and faucets, indoor wall and floor materials and all types of door and window fittings and plumbing and bathroom hardware are among the most promising products to be imported to Greece. (references) | |
Bermuda | However, an independence referendum held in the summer of 1995 was resoundingly defeated, due primarily to division within the UBP and to the boycott called by the opposition PLP. Premier and UBP leader John Swan was the major casualty of the referendum, as he fulfilled his promise to resign should the referendum fail. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Swan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 69.78% of the time. "Swan" is used about 833 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 69.78% | 581 | 10,898 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.98% | 250 | 18,796 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 833 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "swan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Swan | Last name | 8,000 | 1,471 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| China | Wuxi Little Swan Co Limited | Norway | Swan Reefer ASA |
| United Kingdom | John Swan & Sons, P.L.C. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Swan, IA (city, FIPS 76665) |
Expressions using "swan": Bewick's swan ♦ black swan ♦ cob swan ♦ hooper swan ♦ mute swan ♦ pen swan ♦ swan around ♦ swan dive ♦ Swan goose ♦ swan lake ♦ swan neck ♦ swan off ♦ swan orchid ♦ Swan River ♦ Swan River daisy ♦ Swan River everlasting ♦ Swan shot ♦ swan song ♦ Swan Valley ♦ the swan of avon ♦ trumpeter swan ♦ tundra swan ♦ whistling swan ♦ White Swan ♦ whooper swan ♦ whooping swan ♦ wild swan ♦ Woopher swan. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "swan": swan-bows, swan-dive, swan-flower, Swan-ganz, swan-home, Swan-hopping, swan-like, swan-neck, swan-necked, swan-necks, swan-shaped, swan-shot, swan-skin, swan-song, swan-songs, Swan-upping, swan-white. | |
Ending with "swan": Edison-swan. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
swan | 1,628 | swan ganz catheter | 47 |
swan lake | 339 | club swan | 44 |
black swan | 125 | sydney swan | 44 |
swan picture | 113 | swan and dolphin hotel | 43 |
mute swan | 111 | redhead swan | 42 |
bird swan | 87 | swan lake ballet | 41 |
pool swan | 86 | porn star swan | 40 |
the swan princess | 77 | boat boston swan | 40 |
leda and the swan | 68 | swan ganz | 39 |
swan hotel | 64 | swan valley idaho | 39 |
trumpeter swan | 63 | the summer of the swan | 37 |
kasorn swan | 60 | trumpet of the swan | 35 |
swan song | 59 | origami swan | 35 |
swan crossing | 59 | nautor swan | 32 |
white swan | 58 | wild swan | 31 |
walt disney world swan | 57 | baby swan | 31 |
swan food | 57 | swan yacht | 31 |
swan dolphin | 55 | swan river | 29 |
swan island | 48 | swan boat | 28 |
swan lake ny | 48 | shanna swan | 28 |
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| Language | Translations for "swan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | swaan. (various references) | |
Albanian | Mjellmë (pen, pen swan), Luksoz (baronial, de luxe, exclusive, fancy, lavish, luxurious, palatial, plushy, rank, recherche, refined, rich, swanky, swell). (various references) | |
Arabic | الإوز العراقي, شخص فائق الجمال. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | iimahkáyii. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Нося Се Плавно, Лебедов, Лебед, Разхождам Се. (various references) | |
Chinese | 天鹅, 天鵝 . (various references) | |
Czech | labutí píseò (swan song). (various references) | |
Danish | svane. (various references) | |
Dutch | zwaan. (various references) | |
Esperanto | cigno. (various references) | |
Faeroese | svanur. (various references) | |
Farsi | پرسه زدن (Knockabout, Prowl, Ramble, Roam, Rove, Scamp), متعجب شدن , اظهارکردن (Affirm, Allude, Import, Profess, State, Suggest), دجاجه . (various references) | |
Finnish | joutsen. (various references) | |
French | cygne. (various references) | |
Frisian | swan. (various references) | |
German | Schwan. (various references) | |
Greek | κύκνος, ίύκνοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ֱרבור. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Hattyú. (various references) | |
Icelandic | svanur. (various references) | |
Irish | eala. (various references) | |
Italian | Cigno. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 白鳥 , 白鳥 , スワヒリ語 (Kiswahili, Swahili). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スワン , はくちょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 백조. (various references) | |
Manx | ollay, olla. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | answay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cisne (mute swan). (various references) | |
Romanian | Lebãdã (pen). (various references) | |
Russian | лебедь лебединый, Лебедь, Лебединый. (various references) | |
Scottish | eala (a swan). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | labudov, labud (cob). (various references) | |
Spanish | cisne (cob swan). (various references) | |
Swedish | svan. (various references) | |
Thai | หงส์. (various references) | |
Turkish | Kuğu (cob swan, pen, pen swan). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьw. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Аномалія, Лебідь. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc đánh dấu hằng năm chim thiên nga trên sông Têm (swan-upping), hàng flanen mịn (swan-skin), đạn chì cỡ lớn (swan-shot). (various references) | |
Welsh | alarch. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cycnum, cycnus, olor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai porfuriwna kai pelekana kai kuknon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cycnum et onocrotalum et porphirionem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A swan, a cormaraunt, and a pellicane; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The backe, the pellicane, the pye, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture; |
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| Language | Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 18 |
| Bulgarian | лебедът, пеликанът, лешоядът, |
| Cebuano | Ug ang kalamon, ug ang pelicano, ug ang langgam nga mananagit, |
| Chinese | 角 鴟 、 鵜 鶘 、 禿 鵰 、 |
| Croatian | labud, pelikan, droplja; |
| Danish | Tinsjemetfuglen,Pelikanen, Ådselgribben, |
| Dutch | En de kauw, en de roerdomp, en de pelikaan, |
| Finnish | sarvipöllö, pelikaani ja likakorppikotka, |
| French | le cygne, le pélican et le cormoran; |
| German | die Fledermaus, die Rohrdommel, |
| Haitian Creole | gwo kanna mawon blan, grangozye, chwèt, |
| Hungarian | A bölömbika, a pelikán és a gém. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan burung pong dan enggang dan banga, |
| Italian | il cigno, il pellicano, la folaga, |
| Maori | Me te wani, me te perikana, me te kia ekara, |
| Norwegian | og nattravnen og pelikanen og gribben |
| Portuguese | o porfirião, o pelicano, o abutre, |
| Rumanian | lebqda, pelicanul wi corbul de mare; |
| Russian | МЕВЕДС, РЕМЙЛБОБ Й УЙРБ, |
| Swedish | tinsemetfågeln, pelikanen, |
| Ukrainian | і лебедя, і пелікана, і сича, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "swan": swang, swanherd, swanherds, swank, swanked, swanker, swankest, swankier, swankiest, swankily, swankiness, swankinesses, swanking, swanks, swanky, swanlike, swanned, swanneries, swannery, swanning, swanpan, swanpans, swans, swansdown, swansdowns, swanskin, swanskins. (additional references) | |
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"Swan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aswan, essan, Eswa, gwan, owan, Sawant, sewan, siwen, skan, soan, sowen, spwan, sqan, suan, svan, swak, swand, swane, swani, swao, swarn, swav, swax, swaz, swean, swen, Sweyn, swin, swind, swiv, swn, swon, Swraj, syan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "swan" (pronounced swÄ"n) |
| 3 | -w Ä" n | Hwan, wan. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: awns, sawn, snaw, wans. | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-s-w" | |
-1 letter: awn, naw, saw, wan, was. | |
-2 letters: an, as, aw, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-s-w" | |
+1 letter: dawns, fawns, gnaws, lawns, pawns, sewan, shawn, snaws, spawn, swain, swang, swank, swans, wains, wands, wanes, wants, warns, weans, yawns. | |
+2 letters: answer, aswoon, brawns, bwanas, dewans, diwans, gowans, jawans, nawabs, noways, prawns, rawins, resawn, rowans, sawing, sawney, seawan, sewans, snawed, sowans, spawns, swains, swanks, swanky, twains, twangs, unsawn, wagons, wakens, weason, whangs, whenas, wigans, womans, wrangs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Cities 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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