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Greenock

[ gree-nuhk, gren-uhk ]

noun

  1. a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.


Greenock

/ ˈɡːə /

noun

  1. a port in SW Scotland, in Inverclyde on the Firth of Clyde: shipbuilding and other marine industries. Pop: 45 467 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Back then the waterfronts of Port Glasgow and neighbouring Greenock were filled with shipyards.

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A large fire on a hillside in Inverclyde led to a smoke over Greenock and the Clyde, prompting ships to sound their foghorns.

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Megrahi was freed from HMP Greenock in 2009 on compassionate grounds as he had terminal cancer.

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The barber runs two salons, one on Bute and one on the mainland in Greenock.

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In Inverclyde, Greenock Morton Football Club's Cappielow ground has had sections of its roof ripped apart by the storm, while the roof of a leisure centre in Helensburgh has also been devastated by high winds.

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