GREENHAM COMMON


Meaning of GREENHAM COMMON in English

Green ‧ ham Com ‧ mon /ˌɡriːnəm ˈkɒmən $ -ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE

an AIRFORCE base in Berkshire, England. For most of the 1980s, groups of women camped around the base to protest about the US ↑ cruise missile s that were kept there, and the missiles were finally removed in 1991.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.