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Glenwood

Syllables: Glen·wood/ˈɡlɛn.wʊd/

Glenwood proper noun: a suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.

Proper noun

Glenwood

  1. A suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.
  2. A village in Illinois.
  3. A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
  4. A city, the county seat of Mills County, Iowa; named for Presbyterian minister Glenn Wood.
  5. A neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  6. A neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  7. A city, the county seat of Pope County, Minnesota.
  8. A city in Arkansas.
  9. A locality in Queensland.
  10. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  11. A town in Wisconsin.
  12. A city in Georgia.
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  1. A town in Utah; named for early pioneer Robert Wilson Glenn.
  2. A village in Alberta; named for early settler Glen Edward Wood.
  3. A town in Indiana.
  4. A village in Missouri.
  5. A town in Alabama.
  6. A community in Nova Scotia.

Origin of Glenwood

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

Words formed from Glenwood

Questions about Glenwood

What does Glenwood mean?
Glenwood means a suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.
What part of speech is Glenwood?
Glenwood is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Glenwood?
Glenwood is pronounced /ˈɡlɛn.wʊd/.

Words near Glenwood in the dictionary

  1. glenurquharts
  2. glenvastatin
  3. Glenview
  4. Glenville
  5. Glenwhilly
  6. Glenwood
  7. Glenwood Springs
  8. Glenworth Valley
  9. Glenys
  10. glenzed
  11. glenzing

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