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Granta

Granta proper noun: a minor river in Cambridgeshire, England, which flows from the Bartlow area to join the River Cam (or Granta) at Great Shelford; in full, the River Granta.

Proper noun

Granta

  1. A minor river in Cambridgeshire, England, which flows from the Bartlow area to join the River Cam (or Granta) at Great Shelford; in full, the River Granta.
    • The six-mile section from Haverhill to Bartlow carries the line over a high ridge into the valley of the River Granta.1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619
  2. Synonym of the River Cam south of Cambridge, especially south of Hauxton Junction, the confluence with the River Cam or Rhee.
    Synonyms:
    the River Cam south of Cambridge
  3. A locality in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

Synonyms of Granta

  • the River Cam south of Cambridge

Questions about Granta

What does Granta mean?
Granta means a minor river in Cambridgeshire, England, which flows from the Bartlow area to join the River Cam (or Granta) at Great Shelford; in full, the River Granta.
What part of speech is Granta?
Granta is a proper noun.

Words near Granta in the dictionary

  1. grant-backs
  2. grant-forward
  3. grant-forwards
  4. grant-in-aid
  5. grant-in-kind
  6. Granta
  7. grantability
  8. grantable
  9. grantback
  10. grantbacks
  11. Grantchester

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