Greta

greta Gretą English Etymology 1 From en de - and en sv Greta, a contraction of sv Margareta. Proper noun en female Ancient Greek. en 2015 Janice Dickson Herbert Peppard: The Eternal Man FriesenPress 9781460262252 Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee. Derived terms en Greta Thunbergian Greta effect Etymology 2 River + thumb|The A5271 bridge crossing the Greta in Keswick From en non grjót + a. Proper noun en river co/Cumbria cc/England which joins the river/Derwent at en Keswick. en 1961 October 'Voyageur' The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Trains Illustrated 601 After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends. en river co/County Durham cc/England which joins the river/Tees, and which was originally in the en North Riding of Yorkshire. en river co/North Yorkshire and co/Lancashire cc/England which joins the river/Lune. en minor river in north r/Canterbury c/New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers. NZ Topo Map: Greta River Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river: en small town in the Hunter Region of s/New South Wales. en locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, s/Victoria. Derived terms en Greta Bridge Greta Main Greta South Greta West Heddon Greta References Anagrams en aegrt 'Gater Gater ergat- grate great great- retag targe terga Albanian Proper noun f sq female Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun fo female Usage notes f Gretuson Gretudóttir Declension Greta Gretu Gretu Gretu Norwegian Etymology From no de Greta, from de Margareta. Recorded in Norway since the 15th century. Proper noun no female Related terms no Grete, no Grethe References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1815 females with the given name Greta living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011. Polish pl: Etymology pl de - and pl sv Greta, a contraction of sv Margareta. Pronunciation Pl-Greta.ogg Proper noun f pl female Greta Declension Further reading Swedish sv: Etymology From sv de Greta, from de Margareta. First recorded in Sweden in 1309. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Greta.wav Proper noun c sv female Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" sv Hans och Greta Hansel and Gretel References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån: 12 802 females with the given name Greta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th 2011. Anagrams sv aegrt tager tegar sv Fairy tales