英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈswiːni/
• 韻: -iːni

語源 1

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suibhne. Compare McSweeney.

別の表記

• Sweany, Sweeny, Swinney

固有名詞

Sweeney (plural Sweeneys)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2025 August 2, Scottie Andrew, Leah Asmelash, Harmeet Kaur, “What has America learned from the Sydney Sweeney situation? We asked the experts”, in CNN‎:

     Experts agree that Sydney Sweeney is always winning. She emerges from this national dust-up only more powerful than ever.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sweeney is the 651 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 52410 individuals. Sweeney is most common among White (90.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sweeney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

語源 2

From Sweeney Todd, the name of a fictional character.

固有名詞

the Sweeney

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) The Flying Squad, a branch of the London police service.
   • 2018, Gary London, For the Love of Brass:

     It turned out the police wouldn't raid the place until the Monday morning but in the meantime there were drinks to drink and drugs to take. Even Lettsbe and the Sweeney arrived and joined in the celebrations with us.
     The police, however, did hit Jill's address early on Monday morning.

派生語

• Swedey