Green
proper nounadjectivenouncommon in dialogue
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A common English surname from Middle English.
proper noun
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A common English surname from Middle English.
When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Summit County, Ohio, formerly a township.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
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A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Green Township.
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A place in Wales: A hamlet in Denbigh community, Denbighshire (OS grid ref SJ0568).
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A place in Wales: A northern suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SM9801).
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A place in Wales: A settlement in Churchstoke community, Powys (OS grid ref SO2694).
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Variant of Green CollegehistoricalEllipsis of Green College, Oxford.
Etymology
English surname, a topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such as German Grün and Gruen, Dutch Groen, Irish Ó hUainí (from uaine, see Honan), etc. The Irish surname was also erroneously translated from Ó Fathaidh, Ó Fathaigh, from faithche (“lawn”).
adjective
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Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.
noun
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A member of a Green Party or green party.
Forms
- plural
- Greens
Green · A common English surname from Middle English.
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