Greenwich Village
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
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Greenwich Village
- Many famous writers and artists lived in Greenwich Village during the 20th century.
- New York's Greenwich Village
- Greenwich Village in New York
Examples
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Christina Lewis Halpern lives in Greenwich Village with her husband, baby, and dog.
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I got a few names of interested people to contact, and in January 1994, Greenwich Village Zen Community was born.
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What do you need in Greenwich Village?
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When we were living in Greenwich Village.
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Hey, Greenwich Village is where you want to go, man.
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I was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, the United States of America.
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In Greenwich Village, gay and straight people lived, if not together, then side by side.
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Well let's see, Greenwich Village is full of artists...
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I ran a health-food store in Greenwich Village.
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Merci was right there in Greenwich Village for the dawn of the Jazz Age.
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Synonyms
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A neighborhood in Manhattan, New York, famous for its art and music
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally a place-name combining a proper noun and the generic noun 'village', so a B1 learner who knows 'Greenwich' as a place and 'village' as a settlement will likely infer it denotes a named neighborhood. However, the specific locational and cultural information (that it is in lower Manhattan and famous for artists/writers) is lexicalized and not predictable from the constituents, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Greenwich Village began as a small, green village called Greenwich, with narrow streets and cheap rooms where artists and writers came to live, play music, and create. That's why today Greenwich Village means a New York 'neighborhood' known for music, art, and creative people.