Greenwood

Greenwood

See also: greenwood and green-wood

English

Etymology

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• The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹin.wʊd/
• Hyphenation: Green‧wood
• Rhymes: -iːnwʊd

Proper noun

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

1. A surname.
2. A placename
   1. A number of places in Canada
      1. A city in British Columbia.
      2. A village in Nova Scotia.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.
      2. A town in Delaware.
      3. A town in Florida.
      4. A village in Illinois.
      5. A city in Indiana.
      6. A town in Louisiana.
      7. A town in Maine.
      8. A city in Minnesota.
      9. A city, the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi.
      10. A city in Missouri.
      11. A village in Nebraska.
      12. A town in New York.
      13. A neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nickname: Black Wall Street.
      14. A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina.
      15. A number of places in Wisconsin
          1. A city in Clark County, Wisconsin.
          2. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
          3. A town and unincorporatedcommunity in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
      16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greenwood Township.
   3. A suburb of Bicester, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SP5723). [1]
   4. Ellipsis of Greenwood County.
   5. Ellipsis of Greenwood Township.

Derived terms

• Greenwood County
• Greenwood Township

 

References

1. OS: Oxfordshire

Anagrams

• Wood Green