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GREENWICH VILLAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Greenwich Village mean? 

GREENWICH VILLAGE (noun)
  The noun GREENWICH VILLAGE has 1 sense:

1. a mainly residential district of Manhattan; 'the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th centuryplay

  Familiarity information: GREENWICH VILLAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREENWICH VILLAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mainly residential district of Manhattan; 'the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Greenwich Village; Village

Instance hypernyms:

community; residential area; residential district (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)

Holonyms ("Greenwich Village" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)


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