Greenwich
pronunciation
How to pronounce Greenwich in British English:
UK [ˈgrɪnɪdʒ]
How to pronounce Greenwich in American English:
US [ˈgrɛnɪtʃ]
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- Noun:
- a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
Word Origin
- Greenwich
- town on the south bank of the Thames adjoining London, Old English Gronewic (918), Grenewic (964), literally "green harbor" or "green trading place." The Royal Observatory there was founded June 22, 1675, by King Charles II specifically to solve the problem of finding longitude while at sea. In October 1884, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., for the International Meridian Conference. They decided to adopt a single world meridian, passing through the principal Transit Instrument at the observatory at Greenwich, as the basis of calculation for all longitude and a worldwide 24-hour clock. The Greenwich motion passed 22-1; San Domingo voted against it; France and Brazil abstained. The Greenwich Village quarter of New York City has been symbolic of "American bohemia" at least since 1903.
Example
- 1. Upper hedgistan is , in effect , greenwich , connecticut .
- 2. Officials from greenwich observatory have the clock checked twice a day .
- 3. An aerial view shows people sitting in greenwich park in london , march 27 , 2012 .
- 4. So greenwich is a magnet for hedge funds and their managers because basically all the infrastructure and intelligence they need to run their businesses is available .
- 5. One prime brokerage executive admits that part of the reason for the development of the greenwich hedge fund community is vanity .