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Granville

Granville proper noun: an English surname from Old French.

Proper noun

Granville

  1. An English surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A coastal commune in Manche department, Normandy, France.
  4. A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; named for Granville Henry John Knox, son of Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly.
  5. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  6. The name of Vancouver, British Columbia until 1886; named for Granville Leveson-Gower.
  7. A village in Saint James parish, Jamaica; named for English abolitionist Granville Sharp.
  8. A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and City of Parramatta, New South Wales; named for British statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.
  9. A suburb of Maryborough in Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
  10. A village and township in Putnam County, Illinois; named for the town in Massachusetts.
  11. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana; named for local businessman Granville Hastings.
  12. A ghost town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
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  1. A minor city in Sioux County, Iowa; named for English explorer Richard Grenville.
  2. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts; named for the John Carteret.
  3. A township in Kittson County, Minnesota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Missouri; named for early settler Granville Giles.
  5. A township in Platte County, Nebraska.
  6. A town and village in Washington County, New York; named for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.
  7. A minor city in McHenry County, North Dakota; named for railroad worker Granville M. Dodge.
  8. A village and township in Licking County, Ohio; named for the town in Massachusetts.
  9. A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
  10. A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
  11. A township and census-designated place therein, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
  12. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Tennessee.
  13. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
  14. An unincorporated community in Charles City County, Virginia.
  15. A town in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
  16. A neighbourhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; formerly a town named for the town in New York.

Origin of Granville

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

Words formed from Granville

Questions about Granville

What does Granville mean?
Granville means an English surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Granville?
Granville is a proper noun.

Words near Granville in the dictionary

  1. granulysin
  2. granulysins
  3. granum
  4. granums
  5. granuphilin
  6. Granville
  7. Granville County
  8. Granville Harbour
  9. Granville wilt
  10. Granya
  11. Granzow

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