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Greenwich

/ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/

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Greenwich proper noun: a town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes (OS grid ref TQ3877).

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Greenwich

  1. A town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes (OS grid ref TQ3877).
  2. A royal borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
  3. A southern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1742).
  4. A hamlet in Fonthill Gifford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9232).
  5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  6. An unincorporated community in Limestone Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
  7. A census-designated place in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
  8. A former town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, now largely submerged.
  9. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
  10. A township in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
  11. A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
  12. A neighborhood of New York City, New York, properly Greenwich Village.
    • [I]t was the old New Netherland hamlet of Groenwijck—its erratic country roads absorbed into the expanding city and renamed “Greenwich Village”—that became the federation’s first and foremost bohemian district.2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 24, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
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  1. A town in Washington County, New York.
  2. A village in Washington County, New York, mostly within the town.
  3. A village and township in Huron County, Ohio.
  4. A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  5. An unincorporated community in Piute County, Utah.
  6. An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia.
  7. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  8. A community in Nova Scotia.
  9. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
  10. (metonymically) The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian.
    • Are we east or west of Greenwich?

Greenwich meaning in Tamil and Arabic

Greenwich in Tamil

east London town
கிரீன்விச் kirīṉvic

Greenwich in Arabic

east London town
غْرِينِيتْش ḡrīnitš

Origin of Greenwich

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York.

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Phrases with Greenwich

Questions about Greenwich

What does Greenwich mean?
Greenwich means a town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes (OS grid ref TQ3877).
What is Greenwich in Tamil?
Greenwich in Tamil is கிரீன்விச் (kirīṉvic). See Greenwich meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Greenwich?
Greenwich is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Greenwich?
Greenwich is pronounced /ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/.

Words near Greenwich in the dictionary

  1. greenweed
  2. greenweeds
  3. Greenwell
  4. Greenwell Point
  5. Greenwells
  6. Greenwich
  7. Greenwich antimeridian
  8. Greenwich geese
  9. Greenwich goose
  10. Greenwich Mean Time
  11. Greenwich meridian

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