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Gretta

Gretta proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Gretta

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 'Gretta tells me you're not going to take a cab back to Monkstown to-night, Gabriel,' said Aunt Kate.
    • 'No,' said Gabriel, turning to his wife, 'we had quite enough of that last year, hadn't we? Don't you remember, Aunt Kate, what a cold Gretta got out of it? Cab windows rattling all the way, and the east wind blowing in after we passed Merrion. Very jolly it was. Gretta caught a dreadful cold.'1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 222

Origin of Gretta

From Margaret. A rare variant of Greta.

Questions about Gretta

What does Gretta mean?
Gretta means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is Gretta?
Gretta is a proper noun.

Words near Gretta in the dictionary

  1. Grether
  2. Grethers
  3. Gretna
  4. Gretna Green
  5. Gretna Greens
  6. Gretta
  7. Gretton
  8. Gretz
  9. Gretzes
  10. Gretzky
  11. Gretzky's office

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