Greenwood

See also: greenwood and green-wood

English

Etymology

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  • The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹin.wʊd/
  • Hyphenation: Green‧wood
  • Rhymes: -iːnwʊd

Proper noun

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

  1. A surname.
  2. A placename
    1. A number of places in Canada
      1. A city in British Columbia.
      2. A village in Nova Scotia.
    2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.
      2. A town in Delaware.
      3. A town in Florida.
      4. A village in Illinois.
      5. A city in Indiana.
      6. A town in Louisiana.
      7. A town in Maine.
      8. A city in Minnesota.
      9. A city, the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi.
      10. A city in Missouri.
      11. A village in Nebraska.
      12. A town in New York.
      13. A neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nickname: Black Wall Street.
      14. A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina.
      15. A number of places in Wisconsin
        1. A city in Clark County, Wisconsin.
        2. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
        3. A town and unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
      16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greenwood Township.
    3. A suburb of Bicester, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5723). [1]
    4. Ellipsis of Greenwood County.

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