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Greenville

American  
[green-vil] / ˈgrin vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in NW South Carolina.

  2. a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River.

  3. a city in E North Carolina.

  4. a city in NE Texas.

  5. a city in W Ohio.


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He’s hopping in a car next Sunday with his wife, saying goodbye to a North Hollywood house that’s been in his family since 1952 and driving 3,300 miles to his new home in Greenville, S.C.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The developments that meet its toughest standards: Arizona State’s Mirabella and the Woodlands at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

In 1960, he participated in his first sit-in, in Greenville, South Carolina, and then joined Alabama's Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marches in 1965, where he caught King's attention.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1941 to a single, teenage mother Helen Burns.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

They are home to each other, Grace to my mother is as familiar as the Greenville air.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

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