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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/, (also) /ˈɡɹɪn-/, /-ɪd͡ʒ/

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

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, properly Greenwich Village.
6. A town in Washington County, New York.
7. A village in Washington County, New York, mostly within the town.
8. A village in Ohio.
9. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
10. A community in Nova Scotia.
11. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
12. (metonymically) The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian.

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• Royal Borough of Greenwich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prime meridian (Greenwich) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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