Seward

Originally two distinct names:

• Middle English Seward, Siward, from Old English Siġeweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigiwardu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigiwarduz, from *segaz (“victory”) +‎ *warduz (“guard”).
• Middle English Seward, from Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ (“sea”) +‎ weard (“guard”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)u.əɹd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsjuː.ə(ɹ)d/

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Seward (countable and uncountable, plural Sewards)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. A placename
   1. A city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States.
   3. A small city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States.
   4. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
   5. A city, the county seat of Seward County, Nebraska, United States.
   6. A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States.
   7. An unincorporated community in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.
   8. A small borough of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   9. Ellipsis of Seward County.

• Dewars, Swader, dewars, saw red, sawder, waders