English Explanatory Dictionary

Grenville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. .
  3. A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹɛn.vɪl/

Word forms

Grenville

Etymology

The civil parish is named after British prime minister George Grenville (1712 - 1770). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Related words

Greenville

Derived words

Grenvillite United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
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