Greenville
Americannoun
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a city in NW South Carolina.
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a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River.
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a city in E North Carolina.
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a city in NE Texas.
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a city in W Ohio.
Example Sentences
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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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