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Woolwich

American  
[wool-ij, -ich] / ˈwʊl ɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Greenwich and Newham: royal military academy and arsenal.


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Wright was born in 1963 in Woolwich, London to Jamaican parents who had arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation.

From BBC May 12, 2026

Staff at Ealing Broadway, Ilford, Paddington, Romford and Woolwich Elizabeth Line stations will hand out "Please Offer Me A Seat", "Baby on Board" and "Babies on Board" badges to customers who need them.

From BBC May 11, 2026

Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were acquitted of the same charge by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court earlier.

From BBC May 5, 2026

The software developer from Woolwich Township, N.J., also owns a Hyundai Ioniq 5, which is fully electric.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Nursery phraseology certainly comes in strongly in the technical slang of gunnery when we have to do with Woolwich Infants.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

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