Granville

English

Etymology

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

Proper noun

Granville

1. An English surname from Old French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A coastal commune in Manche department, Normandy, France.
4. A suburb of Sydney, located New South Wales; named for British statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.
5. A town and village in New York; named for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.
6. A village in Ohio; named for the town in Massachusetts.
7. A town in Massachusetts; named for the John Carteret.
8. A village in Illinois; named for the town in Massachusetts.
9. A town in West Virginia.
10. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
11. A city in Iowa; named for English explorer Richard Grenville.
12. A town in Vermont.
13. A city in North Dakota; named for railroad worker Granville M. Dodge.
14. A town in Wisconsin, a neighborhood of Milwaukee; named for the town in New York.
15. A village in Jamaica; named for English abolitionist Granville Sharp.
16. A village in Northern Ireland; named for Granville Henry John Knox, son of Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly.
17. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
18. A locality in Queensland.
19. An unincorporated community in Arizona.
20. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana; named for local businessman Granville Hastings.
21. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for early settler Granville Giles.
22. An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
23. An unincorporated community in Virginia.
24. A ghost town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
25. The name of Vancouver, British Columbia until 1886; named for Granville Leveson-Gower.

Derived terms

• Granville County

Anagrams

• ravelling

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.vil/

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Proper noun

Granville ?

1. A small town and commune of the Manche department, Normandie, France

Derived terms

• granvillais, Granvillais