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/ Rhymes: -ɛnɪtʃ, -ɛnɪdʒ (town in Massachusetts, town and village in New York (but not the neighborhood of Greenwich Village in New York City): (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/ === Proper noun === Greenwich A place in England: 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). A royal borough in Greater London, which includes the town. A southern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1742). A hamlet in Fonthill Gifford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9232). A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut. An unincorporated community in Limestone Township, Kankakee County, Illinois. A census-designated place in Sedgwick County, Kansas. A former town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, now largely submerged. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, New Jersey. A township in Gloucester County, New Jersey. A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey. A neighborhood of New York City, New York, properly Greenwich Village. A town in Washington County, New York. A village in Washington County, New York, mostly within the town. A village and township in Huron County, Ohio. A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. An unincorporated community in Piute County, Utah. An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. A community in Nova Scotia. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. (metonymic) The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Greenwich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Royal Borough of Greenwich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Prime meridian (Greenwich) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === rechewing == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Greenwich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrin.wit͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -inwitʃ === Proper noun === Greenwich ? 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). ==== Derived terms ==== meridiano di Greenwich (“prime meridian”)