Greenville

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A city in South Carolina in the southeastern United States known for its manufacturing and downtown revitalization ; a city in northeastern Texas in the southern United States ; a city in western Mississippi along the Mississippi River ; a city in western Ohio in the midwestern United States ; a town in western Pennsylvania in the northeastern United States
2. A South Carolina city in the American Southeast noted for industry and a renewed downtown ; a northeast Texas city in the American South ; a western Mississippi city on the river of the same name ; an Ohio city in the Midwest ; a Pennsylvania borough in the northeastern United States
3. The South Carolina city in the American Southeast known for manufacturing ; the Texas city in the southern United States ; the Mississippi city lying along the Mississippi River ; the Ohio city in the Midwest ; the Pennsylvania town in the northeastern United States

Etymology: Greenville is a proper noun, the name of a city in South Carolina, and its name is built from two familiar parts: "green" and the French-derived suffix "-ville," meaning "town" or "settlement," as in Louisville or Nashville. The place name follows a pattern common across the American South and Midwest, where settlers attached "-ville" to a surname or a descriptive word to name new towns. The exact source of "Green" in this case depends on the particular place. Some towns of this name take it from a plain descriptive sense of greenery, while others honor a person surnamed Green who was prominent in founding or settling the area. The name itself gives no clear way to tell which applies to the South Carolina city without checking its local records.