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

Greenwich Village

1. Neighborhood of Manhattan , in New York City .

Notes

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

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.

From Popular-Science

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.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

“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.

From Washington Post

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.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg