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Greenwich Village

[ gren-ich, grin- ]

noun

  1. a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.


Greenwich Village

/ ˈɡrɪn-; ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a part of New York City in the lower west side of Manhattan; traditionally the home of many artists and writers
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Greenwich Village

  1. Neighborhood of Manhattan , in New York City .


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Notes

Home of many artists, writers, and musicians, Greenwich Village is known for the bohemian life-style of its inhabitants.
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Example Sentences

Well-known examples include the Castro district in San Francisco, Dupont Circle in Washington, and Greenwich Village and Chelsea in New York City.

Last week, about 100 union members and their supporters protested outside the Greenwich Village townhouse of the Condé Nast’s second-highest-ranking and most well-known executive, Anna Wintour.

Russell’s own affection extends beyond Roosevelt to Greenwich Village itself.

“Eleanor in the Village” puts the focus on Eleanor as an individual separate from her roles as wife, mother and first lady — a persona she nourished during the periods she spent at her solo apartment in New York’s bohemian Greenwich Village.

Even as a youngster, he seemed to be crafting his persona, as illustrated by an anecdote about his reputation as a chess hustler during his first days in Greenwich Village.

I meet Osment at a coffee shop in Greenwich Village for lunch.

One evening in the early '50's, I saw Coltrane in Sheridan Square, in Greenwich Village.

He told stories about his days as a penniless college student trying to make it in Greenwich Village.

When he goes to Greenwich Village, he has a mixture of material.

She shook me and we both saw its silver underbelly pass by the window of my fifth-floor walk-up in Greenwich Village.

And the area around Greenwich Village brought reports of continued horror.

Over Greenwich Village now, the circling planes—at their highest altitude, to avoid the upflung crimson beams—dropped bombs.

Gratia had cut her hair short, but she had introduced a style of hair-dressing new even to Greenwich Village.

Why, I can remember when artists—painters and writers—lived in Greenwich Village.

I suppose nothing in Greenwich Village could be more significantly illuminating than its eating places.

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