# Glenwood

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡlɛn.wʊd/ · frequency rank #44,812

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.
2. A village in Illinois.
3. A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
4. A city, the county seat of Mills County, Iowa; named for Presbyterian minister Glenn Wood.
5. A neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
6. A neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
7. A city, the county seat of Pope County, Minnesota.
8. A city in Arkansas.
9. A locality in Queensland.
10. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
11. A town in Wisconsin.
12. A city in Georgia.
13. A town in Utah; named for early pioneer Robert Wilson Glenn.
14. A village in Alberta; named for early settler Glen Edward Wood.
15. A town in Indiana.
16. A village in Missouri.
17. A town in Alabama.
18. A community in Nova Scotia.

## Etymology
From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

## Easily confused with
- **greenwood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenwood-vs-greenwood)

## Common misspellings (12)
`gelnwood`, `gglenwood`, `glennwood`, `glenowod`, `glenwod`, `glenwodo`, `glenwoodd`, `glenwwood`, `glewnood`, `gllenwood`, `glnewood`, `lgenwood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glenwood