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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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
The civil rights leader was born in 1941 in segregated Greenville, S.C., and rose to prominence alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
The rain here is different than the way it rains in Greenville.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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