greenwich

Green·wich

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- [grin-ij, -ich, gren- for 1, 3; gren-ich, grin-, green-wich for 2]
- /ˈgrɪn ɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈgrɛn- for 1, 3; ˈgrɛn ɪtʃ, ˈgrɪn-, ˈgrin wɪtʃ for 2 /
- /ˈgrenɪʧ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [grin-ij, -ich, gren- for 1, 3; gren-ich, grin-, green-wich for 2]
- /ˈgrɪn ɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈgrɛn- for 1, 3; ˈgrɛn ɪtʃ, ˈgrɪn-, ˈgrin wɪtʃ for 2 /

Definitions of greenwich word

noun greenwich a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. 1
noun greenwich a town in SW Connecticut. 1
noun greenwich Informal. Greenwich Time. 1
noun greenwich a Greater London borough on the Thames: site of a Royal Naval College (now used as the National Maritime Museum), including Inigo Jones’ Queen’s House (1617), and of the original Royal Observatory designed by Christopher Wren (1675), accepted internationally as the prime meridian of longitude since 1884, and the basis of Greenwich Mean Time. Pop: 223 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles) 0
noun greenwich borough of Greater London, England, located on the prime meridian: pop. 208,000: formerly the site of an astronomical observatory 0
noun greenwich suburb of Stamford, in SW Conn.: pop. 61,000 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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