Greenwich
['ɡri:nidʒ]
- n.グリニッジ（イギリス、ロンドンの南東にある町で、以前は王立天文台があった。）
英語の語源
- Greenwich
- town on the south bank of the Thames adjoining London, Old English Gronewic (918), Grenewic (964), literally "green harbor" or "green trading place." The Royal Observatory there was founded June 22, 1675, by King Charles II specifically to solve the problem of finding longitude while at sea. In October 1884, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., for the International Meridian Conference. They decided to adopt a single world meridian, passing through the principal Transit Instrument at the observatory at Greenwich, as the basis of calculation for all longitude and a worldwide 24-hour clock. The Greenwich motion passed 22-1; San Domingo voted against it; France and Brazil abstained. The Greenwich Village quarter of New York City has been symbolic of "American bohemia" at least since 1903.
例文
- 1. Its headquarters will soon be relocated from Westminster to the Greenwich site.
- その本部はまもなくウェストミンスターからグリニッジに移転する。
- 2.He decided to cut across the Heath，through Greenwich Park.
- 彼は近道を通ってグリニッジ公園を通ってヒースエリアを通ることにした。
- 3.Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars.
- グリニッジ村のバーでジャックは人々の心の中の英雄だった。
- 4.By age 16 he was playing professionally with bands in Greenwich Village.
- 16歳の時、グリニッジ村のバンドのためにプロの演奏をしていた。
- 5.The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
- 当初、王立グリニッジ天文台を創設したのは、星を観察し、編目するためだった。