Green

• Greene, Grene

English surname, a topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such as German Grün and Gruen, Dutch Groen, Irish Ó huainí (from uaine, see Honan), etc. The Irish surname was also erroneously translated from Ó Fathaidh, Ó Fathaigh, from faithche (“lawn”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophone: green

Green (countable and uncountable, plural Greens)

1. A common English surname from Middle English.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
   3. A city in Summit County, Ohio, formerly a township.
   4. A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
   5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Green Township.
3. (Oxford University, informal, historical) Ellipsis of Green College, Oxford.

• Green County
• Greens Norton
• Tom Green County

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Green is the 41^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 430,182 individuals. Green is most common among White (56.8%) and Black (37.0%) individuals.

Green (not comparable)

1. (politics) Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.

Green (plural Greens)

1. (politics) A member of a Green Party or green party.

• Egner, Geren, genre, neger, regen

Borrowed from English green.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁiːn/

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Green n (strong, genitive Greens, plural Greens)

1. (golf) green, putting green

   Synonym: Grün

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