Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Mississippi on the Mississippi River north of Vicksburg. It is a port of entry and processing center in a fertile agricultural region.
- A city of eastern North Carolina southeast of Rocky Mount. Founded in 1786, the city grew as a tobacco market.
- A city of northwest South Carolina northwest of Columbia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It grew as a resort in the early 1800s and became a center of textile production after the Civil War.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
- noun a city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market
- noun a town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg
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Examples
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GREENVILLE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson says Greenville residents shouldn't be concerned about the city's brown-colored tap water if it's being tested regularly.
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GREENVILLE - Emergency crews searched for hours for the driver of a car that was found wrecked and abandoned in rural Darke County east of Greenville on Tuesday evening, April 7, according to a news release from the Darke County Sheriff's office.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. - Like a family recipe in an old cupboard, Greenville, S.C., is a culinary secret.
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GREENVILLE - A hot outlet caused the smoke that filled the prosecutor's office of the Darke County Courthouse and forced an evacuation earlier Wednesday, Dec. 2, according to the Greenville police and fire dispatcher.
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GREENVILLE -- The backlog of DNA analysis in northwestern South Carolina could soon be eased, thanks to a new lab opening in Greenville, a newspaper reported Monday.
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GREENVILLE - A hot outlet caused the smoke that filled the prosecutor's office of the Darke County Courthouse and forced an evacuation earlier Wednesday, Dec. 2, according to the Greenville police and fire dispatcher.
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GREENVILLE, AL (WSFA) - Good economic news out of Greenville today.
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GREENVILLE - A Greenville woman is charged with offering $1,000 to teens if they would hurt her son's ex-girlfriend.
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GREENVILLE - An arrest has been made in the slaying of 19-year-old Cordero Gilmore and police in Greenville are now investigating a related arson case.
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GREENVILLE - A Greenville high school football player has died after collapsing during a game.
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