greta
/ɡɹˈitə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
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A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
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A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Greta, grjót