Greenwich

[ 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 /

noun

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.

a town in SW Connecticut.

Informal. Greenwich Time.

Words nearby Greenwich

Greenville, green vitriol, greenwash, greenway, green-wellie, Greenwich, Greenwich hour angle, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, Greenwich Village, green-winged teal

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Example sentences from the Web for Greenwich

I meet Osment at a coffee shop in Greenwich Village for lunch.
Gone Guy: The Return of Haley Joel Osment|Marlow Stern|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Caroline Trimm, a nurse counselor at Greenwich House in the SoHo district of Manhattan, seems to have the opposite view.
New York Nurses Are the Calm in Ebola’s Storm|Abby Haglage|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One evening in the early '50's, I saw Coltrane in Sheridan Square, in Greenwich Village.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last week, I sat down with Kristen Stewart in the lobby lounge of the Greenwich Hotel in downtown New York.
The Right-Wing Crusade Against KStew: How Fear Factories Like Breitbart and Fox Distort News|Marlow Stern|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He told stories about his days as a penniless college student trying to make it in Greenwich Village.
Why Comedians Still Think Bill Cosby Is a Genius|Mark Whitaker|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I sit cold in Greenwich, staring at the table where Mary's death warrant waits only my sign manual.
No Great Magic|Fritz Reuter Leiber
We shoved off, the tide having flowed some time, expecting to be back to Greenwich before dark.
Poor Jack|Frederick Marryat
Before she left Greenwich she sent a message to Chapuys imploring his advice and his assistance.
The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon|J.A. Froude
The place is just as clean and just as large as that caravan you and I were in at Greenwich Fair last past.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete|John Forster
Its southern extremity is in about forty-two degrees of latitude, and fifty degrees west longitude from Greenwich.
Jack in the Forecastle|John Sherburne Sleeper

British Dictionary definitions for Greenwich

Greenwich

/ (ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈɡrɛn-) /

noun

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; also site of the Millennium Dome. Pop: 223 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Greenwich

Greenwich

[ (gren-ich, grin-ij) ]

Part of metropolitan London, in southeastern England.

notes for Greenwich

The prime meridian, which is the meridian designated zero degrees longitude, runs through Greenwich; Greenwich Mean Time is the mean (usual) time in Greenwich. All other time is measured in relation to it.

单词	greenwich
释义	Greenwich [ 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 / noun 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. a town in SW Connecticut. Informal. Greenwich Time. Words nearby Greenwich Greenville, green vitriol, greenwash, greenway, green-wellie, Greenwich, Greenwich hour angle, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, Greenwich Village, green-winged teal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Greenwich I meet Osment at a coffee shop in Greenwich Village for lunch. Gone Guy: The Return of Haley Joel Osment\|Marlow Stern\|October 29, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Caroline Trimm, a nurse counselor at Greenwich House in the SoHo district of Manhattan, seems to have the opposite view. New York Nurses Are the Calm in Ebola’s Storm\|Abby Haglage\|October 21, 2014\|DAILY BEAST One evening in the early '50's, I saw Coltrane in Sheridan Square, in Greenwich Village. The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest\|Nat Hentoff\|October 18, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Last week, I sat down with Kristen Stewart in the lobby lounge of the Greenwich Hotel in downtown New York. The Right-Wing Crusade Against KStew: How Fear Factories Like Breitbart and Fox Distort News\|Marlow Stern\|October 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST He told stories about his days as a penniless college student trying to make it in Greenwich Village. Why Comedians Still Think Bill Cosby Is a Genius\|Mark Whitaker\|October 5, 2014\|DAILY BEAST I sit cold in Greenwich, staring at the table where Mary's death warrant waits only my sign manual. No Great Magic\|Fritz Reuter Leiber We shoved off, the tide having flowed some time, expecting to be back to Greenwich before dark. Poor Jack\|Frederick Marryat Before she left Greenwich she sent a message to Chapuys imploring his advice and his assistance. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon\|J.A. Froude The place is just as clean and just as large as that caravan you and I were in at Greenwich Fair last past. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete\|John Forster Its southern extremity is in about forty-two degrees of latitude, and fifty degrees west longitude from Greenwich. Jack in the Forecastle\|John Sherburne Sleeper British Dictionary definitions for Greenwich Greenwich / (ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈɡrɛn-) / noun 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; also site of the Millennium Dome. Pop: 223 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Greenwich Greenwich [ (gren-ich, grin-ij) ] Part of metropolitan London, in southeastern England. notes for Greenwich The prime meridian, which is the meridian designated zero degrees longitude, runs through Greenwich; Greenwich Mean Time is the mean (usual) time in Greenwich. All other time is measured in relation to it. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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