Greenwich

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• 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/

Proper noun

Greenwich

1. A place in England:
   1. A town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes (OS grid ref TQ3877).
   2. A borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
   3. A southern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1742).
   4. A hamlet in Fonthill Gifford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9232).
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   2. An unincorporated community in Limestone Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
   3. A census-designated place in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
   4. A former town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, now largely submerged.
   5. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
   6. A township in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
   7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
   8. A neighborhood of New York City, New York, properly Greenwich Village.
      • 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 24, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

        [I]t was the old New Netherland hamlet of Groenwijck—its erratic country roads absorbed into the expanding city and renamed “Greenwich Village”—that became the federation’s first and foremost bohemian district.

   9. A town in Washington County, New York.
   10. A village in Washington County, New York, mostly within the town.
   11. A village and township in Huron County, Ohio.
   12. A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   13. An unincorporated community in Piute County, Utah.
   14. An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia.
3. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
4. A community of Nova Scotia.
5. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
6. (metonymically) The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian.

Derived terms

• East Greenwich
• Greenwich Meridian
• Greenwich Mean Time
• Greenwich 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)
• Japanese: グリニッジ (Gurinijji)
• Korean: 그리니치 (Geurinichi)
• Latvian: Griniča f
• 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
• Prime meridian (Greenwich) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rechewing