English Explanatory Dictionary

Greenup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
  3. A village in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
  4. A small city, the county seat of Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.

Word forms

Greenup Greenups Greenop

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumberland, from Old English grēne (“green”) + hop (“small enclosure”).

Derived words

Greenup County
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