Grenville

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Grenville

/ˈɡɹɛn.vɪl/

Rhymes with -ɛnvɪl

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

proper noun

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

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"Grenville." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grenville. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Grenville. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grenville

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"Grenville." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grenville.

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@misc{grenville_2026,
  title = {Grenville},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grenville},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}