GREENVILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Greenville mean? 

• GREENVILLE (noun)
  The noun GREENVILLE has 3 senses:

1. a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont

2. a city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market

3. a town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg

  Familiarity information: GREENVILLE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENVILLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Greenville" is a part of...):

Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Greenville" is a part of...):

N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Greenville" is a part of...):

Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)