Greenwich (disambiguation)

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Greenwich is a town in London. It may also refer to:

• London Borough of Greenwich, the London borough of the town's namesake.
  • Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich, the local authority, prior to 1965.

[edit] Places outside of the United Kingdom

Several places are named Greenwich or Greenwich Township:

• Australia
  • Greenwich, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
• Canada
  • Greenwich, New Brunswick
  • Greenwich, Nova Scotia
  • Greenwich, Prince Edward Island
• Slovenia
  • Greenwich, Maribor, a neighbourhood of Maribor
• United States of America
  • Greenwich, Connecticut, a town of 61,101
  • Greenwich, Kansas
  • Greenwich, Massachusetts, a defunct town
  • New Jersey
    • Greenwich Township, Cumberland County
    • Greenwich Township, Gloucester County
    • Greenwich Township, Warren County
    • There is also East Greenwich Township, Gloucester County
  • New York
    • Greenwich Village, a neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City
    • Greenwich (village), New York, a village located in Washington County
    • Greenwich (town), New York, with a population of 4,896
  • Greenwich, Ohio, a village of 1,525
  • Greenwich Township, Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
    • East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Birthplace of the American Navy
    • West Greenwich, Rhode Island
  • Greenwich, Utah
  • Greenwich, Virginia, a village

[edit] Other uses of Greenwich

• The Greenwich Meridian is also known as the Prime Meridian
• Greenwich may also refer to Greenwich Mean Time, a predecessor to Coordinated Universal Time.
• Greenwich Pizza is a large pizza chain in the Philippines.
• Greenwich is a GNOME software application.

The name is usually pronounced /ˈgrɛnɪtʃ/ or /ˈgrɪnɪtʃ/

• Greenwitch is a fantasy novel by Susan Cooper.

[edit] People

Ellie Greenwich, Brill Building songwriter and performer, who with her then-husband Jeff Barry, created a number of popular hit records during the 1960's