Greenwood

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• Probably from green +‎ wood, an area covered with trees.
• The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹin.wʊd/
• Hyphenation: Green‧wood
• Rhymes: -iːnwʊd

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

1. A surname.
2. A placename
   1. A place in Canada:
      1. A part of Greenwood/Greenbriar, Calgary, Alberta.
      2. A minor city in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
      3. A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
      4. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
      5. A hamlet in the city of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
      6. A community in Laurentian Valley township, Renfrew County, Ontario.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A locality in Mohave County, Arizona.
      2. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.
      3. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
      4. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
      5. A town in Jackson County, Florida.
      6. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
      7. A former community in Jerome County, Idaho.
      8. A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
      9. A city in Johnson County, Indiana.
      10. An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
      11. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana.
      12. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
      13. A suburban town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
      14. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
      15. A neighbourhood of the town of Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
      16. An unincorporated community in Ely Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
      17. A minor city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
      18. A city, the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi.
      19. A city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri.
      20. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
      21. A town in Steuben County, New York.
      22. A neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nickname: Black Wall Street.
      23. A census-designated place in Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
      24. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
      25. A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina.
      26. An unincorporated community in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
      27. A ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
      28. A neighbourhood of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
      29. An unincorporated community in Midland County, Texas.
      30. A small town in Parker County, or Wise County, Texas.
      31. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas.
      32. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
      33. A former community in Bath County, Virginia, now flooded.
      34. An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington.
      35. A neighbourhood in north-central Seattle, Washington.
      36. A place in West Virginia:
          1. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
          2. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
          3. A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
          4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia.
      37. A place in Wisconsin:
          1. A city in Clark County, Wisconsin.
          2. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
          3. A town and unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
      38. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greenwood Township.
   3. A place in Australia:
      1. A rural locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
      2. A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
   4. Ellipsis of Greenwood County.

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