Greenwich

English

Etymology

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green +‎ -wich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɡɹɛnɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɡɹɪnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɡɹɪnɪd͡ʒ/

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  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪdʒ
• (town in Massachusetts, town and village in New York): IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/

Proper noun

Greenwich

1. A town in east London, on the south bank of the River Thames in Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes.
2. A borough of Greater London.
3. A town in Connecticut.
4. A town in Massachusetts.
5. A neighborhood of New York City, New York.
6. A village in New York.
7. A village in Ohio.
8. A community of Nova Scotia.
9. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

Derived terms

• East Greenwich
• Greenwich Meridian
• Greenwich Mean Time

• Greenwich Time Signal
• North Greenwich

Translations

east London town

• Arabic: غْرِينِيتْش m (ḡrīnitš)
• Armenian: Գրինվիչ (hy) (Grinvičʻ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 格林威治 (gaak³ lam⁴ wai¹ zi⁶), 格林尼治 (gaak³ lam⁴ nei⁴ zi⁶)

  Mandarin: 格林尼治 (zh) (Gélínnízhì), 格林威治 (zh) (Gélínwēizhì)

• Dutch: Groenewijk f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Greenwich
• French: Greenwich (fr)
• Georgian: გრინვიჩი (grinviči)
• Greek: Γκρίνουιτς (el) n (Gkrínouits)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} ग्रीनविच (grīnvic)
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• Japanese: グリニッジ (Gurinijji)
• Korean: 그리니치 (Geurinichi)
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} Griniča
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} ഗ്രീൻവിച്ച് (grīṉviccŭ)
• Russian: Гри́нвич (ru) m (Grínvič)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гринич m

  Roman: Grinič m

• Spanish: Greenwich (es) m
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} கிரீன்விச் (kirīṉvic)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} Грінвіч (Hrinvič)
• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} گرین وچ (gren oc)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Greenwich

Further reading

• Greenwich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Royal Borough of Greenwich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rechewing