Definition of "Greta"

Greta¹

proper noun
1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Greta²

proper noun
1. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.
  Quotations
  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.
  1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601
2. A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
3. A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
4. A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
5. Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:
  1. A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
  2. A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.