Glenwood

Glen·wood
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/ˈɡlɛn.wʊd/

proper noun

A suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in Australia:
    1. A suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.
    2. A locality in Queensland.
  2. A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
  3. A place in Canada:
    1. A village in Alberta; named for early settler Glen Edward Wood.
    2. A neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
    3. A neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    4. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
    5. A community in Nova Scotia.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Alabama.
    2. A city in Arkansas.
    3. A city in Georgia.
    4. A village in Illinois.
    5. A town in Indiana.
    6. A city, the county seat of Mills County, Iowa; named for Presbyterian minister Glenn Wood.
    7. A city, the county seat of Pope County, Minnesota.
    8. A village in Missouri.
    9. An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
    10. A town in Utah; named for early pioneer Robert Wilson Glenn.
    11. A town in Wisconsin.

Origin

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Woodglen
Cite this entry
APA

Glenwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glenwood

MLA

“Glenwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glenwood. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Glenwood,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glenwood.

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