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Griswold

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɡrɪzwɔːld

Definitions

  1. An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).
  2. A placename
  3. A locale in the United States.
  4. A town in Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.
  5. A city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.
  6. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant James Griswold.
  7. A ghost town in California.
  8. An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
  9. Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

Equivalents

العربيةجريسوولد

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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