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Grenville

Syllables: Gren·ville/ˈɡɹɛn.vɪl/

Grenville proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Grenville

  1. A surname.
  2. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. .
  3. A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.

Origin of Grenville

The civil parish is named after British prime minister George Grenville (1712 - 1770). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Words formed from Grenville

Words that rhyme with Grenville

Questions about Grenville

What does Grenville mean?
Grenville means a surname.
What part of speech is Grenville?
Grenville is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Grenville?
Grenville is pronounced /ˈɡɹɛn.vɪl/.

Words near Grenville in the dictionary

  1. Grenoble
  2. Grenola
  3. Grenon
  4. Grenons
  5. grens
  6. Grenville
  7. Grenvillite
  8. Grenvillites
  9. Grenz
  10. grenz ray
  11. grenz rays

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Grenville (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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