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Greenwich
[ grin-ij, -ich, gren- gren-ich, grin-, green-wich ]
noun
- a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
- a town in SW Connecticut.
- Informal. Greenwich Time.
Greenwich
/ ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ; -ɪtʃ; ˈɡrɛn- /
noun
- a Greater London borough on the Thames: site of a Royal Naval College (now used as the National Maritime Museum), including Inigo Jones’ Queen’s House (1617), and of the original Royal Observatory designed by Christopher Wren (1675), accepted internationally as the prime meridian of longitude since 1884, and the basis of Greenwich Mean Time; also site of the Millennium Dome. Pop: 223 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles)
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The course begins at Greenwich Park and ends on The Mall, where runners will cross the finishing line after passing Buckingham Palace.
The 700 records are then put on display at London's NOW Gallery, in Greenwich Peninsula until the start of June when they are auctioned off, with all the proceeds going to charity.
Investigators discovered Saadi had an interest in true crime and was studying criminology and criminal psychology at the University of Greenwich.
The criminology student at the University of Greenwich had collected knives and researched locations to carry out the killing, the court was told.
"This is an excellent chance to go out, look – safely – and to be able to see the movement of the solar system for yourself," said said Anna Gammon-Ross, Senior Planetarium Astronomer at Royal Museums Greenwich.
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