Greenwich

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

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noun

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.
a town in SW Connecticut.
Informal.��Greenwich Time.

Greenwich

/ ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ, ˈɡrɛn- /

noun

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

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.

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She spent her teenage years at Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to study at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she earned her PhD in creative writing.

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Audible, the audiobook and podcast service that’s a subsidiary of Amazon, has notably entered the theatrical space, commissioning new works from playwrights and presenting productions at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village.

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After all, the youngster from a council estate in Greenwich, south-east London, had experienced nothing but pain, frustration and crushing rejection.

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They’re on their third New York apartment now, this one in Greenwich Village.

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The course begins at Greenwich Park and ends on The Mall, where runners will cross the finishing line after passing Buckingham Palace.

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green-wellie Greenwich hour angle

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