Proper noun
Greta
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.
A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:
A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgOh, Brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer's queen. Walter Scott
I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. Robert De Niro
Greta Van Susteren: And Governor, last night, there was a lot of talk about the "Sputnik moment" that the President talked about, um... Do you agree with him? Do you f- And is this our moment? Sarah Palin
My sense about Greta is that people ought to wait and see and see if she doesn't indeed turn out to be as balanced as we hope and expect she will. But there you are. Brit Hume
You can compare me with Greta Garbo. I have big feet, too. Lee Remick
I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her. Joan Rivers