Swale
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English *swalwe (“rushing water”), which could be related to swealwe. Also compare the proper noun Swallow.[1][2]
Proper noun edit
Swale
- A river, a tributary of the Ure in North Yorkshire, England.
- The Swale, a channel between the Isle of Sheppey and the Kentish mainland
- A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, created in 1974 with its headquarters in Sittingbourne and named after the channel