Greenwich

American  

[grin-ij, -ich, gren-, gren-ich, grin-, green-wich] / ˈgrɪn ɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈgrɛn-, ˈgrɛn ɪtʃ, ˈgrɪn-, ˈgrin wɪtʃ /

noun

1. a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

2. a town in SW Connecticut.

3. Informal. Greenwich Time.

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Greenwich British  

/ ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈɡrɛn- /

noun

1. a Greater London borough on the Thames: site of a Royal Naval College (now used as the National Maritime Museum), including Inigo Jones’ Queen’s House (1617), and of the original Royal Observatory designed by Christopher Wren (1675), accepted internationally as the prime meridian of longitude since 1884, and the basis of Greenwich Mean Time; also site of the Millennium Dome. Pop: 223 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles)

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Greenwich Cultural  

1. Part of metropolitan London, in southeastern England.

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The prime meridian, which is the meridian designated zero degrees longitude, runs through Greenwich; Greenwich Mean Time is the mean (usual) time in Greenwich. All other time is measured in relation to it.

Example Sentences

A Brandy Melville employee in New York City's Greenwich Village said staff were told to make the changes with little explanation.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Sculpted into the eastern landscape, a series of stone terraces with a bluestone bar directly overlook Greenwich Cove and the vast protected expanse of Greenwich Point Park.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Labour-run Greenwich offers £100 on a prepaid card for photos or video footage of suspected fly-tippers, dubbed "People of Binterest" by the council.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“Mahjong is an addiction, I tell you. An addiction,” said Liz Busch, 42, a Greenwich, Conn., instructor who’s booked out for the next six weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Folks were shouting and hurrying toward the Greenwich Road where it dumped out onto the Commons.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson