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Grif⋅fith

  [grif-ith]
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–noun
1. Arthur, 1872–1922, Irish nationalist leader: a founder of Sinn Fein.
2. D(avid Lewelyn) W(ark)  [wawrk] , 1875–1948, U.S. film director and producer.
3. a town in NW Indiana. 17,026.
4. a male given name, form of Griffin.
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Grif·fith   (grĭf'ĭth)   
Irish nationalist leader who was a founder of the Sinn Fein movement for Irish independence (1905). He led the Irish delegation that negotiated the 1921 treaty with England that established the Irish Free State.
Griffith, D   (avid Lewelyn)
American filmmaker who developed several cinematic techniques, such as fade-ins, fade-outs, close-ups, moving-camera shots, and flashbacks. The Birth of a Nation (1915) is among his many films.
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Word Origin & History

Griffith 
masc. proper name, from Welsh Gruffydd, probably from L. Rufus, from rufus "red."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Griffith

town, south-central New South Wales, southeastern Australia, in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Surveyed in 1916 and designed by the U.S. architect Walter Burley Griffin, it was proclaimed a town in 1918 and named after Arthur Griffith, then state minister for public works. It was subsequently the site of a large post-World War II soldier (veterans) settlement program. The town serves an area of intensive farming (cattle, wheat, rice, sheep, fruits, grapes, and vegetables). Secondary industries include fruit and vegetable packing, wine making, rice milling, and engineering works. Gypsum deposits are worked locally. Griffith has air, rail, and road connections to Sydney (296 miles [476 km] east). Pop. (2001) 16,003.

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