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Greenwich is a district of London, England, and home of the Greenwich meridian. The name is often used as a metonym for the prime meridian.
Greenwich may also refer to:
Places
editCanada
edit- Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick
- Greenwich Hill, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community
- Greenwich, Nova Scotia, a rural community
- Greenwich, Prince Edward Island, an unincorporated community
England
edit- Royal Borough of Greenwich, a current local government district
- Greenwich District (Metropolis), a former local government district, 1855–1900
- Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich, a former local government district, 1900–1965
- Greenwich (London County Council constituency), a former local government constituency, 1919–1965
- Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency), a former constituency, 1832–1997
- Greenwich, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, a suburb of Ipswich
- Greenwich, Wiltshire
United States
edit- Greenwich, California, former name of Tehachapi, California
- Greenwich, Connecticut, a town
- Greenwich (CDP), Connecticut, a census-designated place
- Greenwich, Illinois, an unincorporated community
- Greenwich, Kansas, an unincorporated community
- Greenwich, Massachusetts, a defunct town
- Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey
- Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey
- Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey
- New York:
- Greenwich Village
- Greenwich (town), New York
- Greenwich (village), New York, mostly within the town of Greenwich
- Greenwich, Ohio, a village
- Greenwich Township, Pennsylvania
- Greenwich, Utah, an unincorporated community
- Greenwich, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Greenwich Bay (Rhode Island)
- Greenwich Bay, at the mouth of the Yarra River in Newport, Victoria
Elsewhere
edit- Greenwich Island, Antarctica, part of the South Shetland Islands
- Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney
- Greenwich, Maribor, Slovenia, a neighbourhood of Maribor and Hatchung
- 2830 Greenwich, an asteroid
People
editSchools
edit- University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
- Greenwich University, Karachi, Pakistan, a private research university
- Greenwich University (Norfolk Island), a defunct, controversial distance learning institution
- Greenwich Community College, Greenwich, London
- Ark Greenwich Free School, Greenwich, London, a coeducational secondary free school
- Greenwich High School, Connecticut, United States
- Greenwich Academy, an all-girls day school in Connecticut, United States
Ships
edit- HMS Greenwich, six Royal Navy ships
- Greenwich (ship), various ships
Transportation
edit- Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York, United States
- Greenwich Street, Manhattan, New York, United States
- Greenwich station, London, England, a railway station
- Greenwich station (Metro-North), Greenwich, Connecticut, United States, a commuter rail stop
Businesses
edit- Greenwich Pizza, a large pizza chain in the Philippines
- RBS Greenwich Capital, investment firm now known as RBS Securities
- Greenwich Entertainment, an American film company
Other uses
edit- Baron Greenwich, two titles, one extinct in the Peerage of Great Britain, one extant in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Greenwich (soil), the official state soil of Delaware, United States
- Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, the local time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London; term used interchangeably with UTC as universal coordinated time
See also
edit- Greenwitch, a fantasy novel by Susan Cooper