Greenwich

[grin-ij, -ich, gren-, gren-ich, grin-, green-wich]

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.

Greenwich

/ 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)

Greenwich

1. Part of metropolitan London, in southeastern England.

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

The Metropolitan Police said officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a residential address in Trafalgar Road in Greenwich at around 22:20 BST on Wednesday.

From BBC

Greenwich Equestrian Centre was meant to introduce thousands of children in the south east London borough to the "joy of horse riding" in the wake of the 2012 Olympics, according to its then council leader.

From BBC

Eze grew up playing cage football around Greenwich with his two brothers - who are both footballers now.

From BBC

“We’re talking about girls in Greenwich, Connecticut, coming to these shows,” the exec says.

From Los Angeles Times

The role of Astronomer Royal dates back to the creation of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich in 1675.

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