Greenwich

English

Etymology

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɡɹɛnɪdʒ/, /ˈɡɹɪnɪtʃ/, /ˈɡɹɪnɪdʒ/

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

Proper noun

Greenwich

1. A town on the south bank of the River Thames in 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 town in 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

Translations

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
• Georgian: გრინვიჩი (grinviči)
• Greek: Γκρίνουιτς n (Gkrínouits)
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• Japanese: グリニッジ (Gurinijji)
• Korean: 그리니치 (Geurinichi)
• Russian: Гри́нвич m (Grínvič)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гринич m

  Roman: Grinič m

• Spanish: Greenwich (es) m

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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