Etymology

Greenwich

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

Middle English Greenwich ← Old English Grēnawīċ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromGrēnawīċ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromGreenwich
  3. English todayGreenwich

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.

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