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Swale.

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

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

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

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

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.