Greta
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The name Greta is derived from the name Margaret
, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."
Greta may refer to:
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."
Greta may refer to:
People
- Gréta ArnGréta ArnGréta Arn is a professional tennis player from Hungary, and the current Hungarian No. 1. Arn turned professional in 1997....
(born 1979), professional tennis player - Greta BöselGreta BöselGreta Bösel was a trained nurse. Born in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany, she became a camp guard at Ravensbrück some time between 1939 and 1943....
(1908–1947), executed Nazi concentration camp guard - Greta GarboGreta GarboGreta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...
(1905-1990), Swedish-born actress - Greta JohanssonGreta JohanssonGreta Johansson was a Swedish diver and swimmer, who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.In the 1912 Olympics she won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform, was fourth with the Swedish 4x100 metre freestyle relay team and was fourth in her heat of the 100 metre freestyle and did not...
(1895–1978), Swedish Olympic diver and swimmer - Greta KemptonGreta KemptonGreta Kempton born Martha Greta Kempton in Vienna, Austria. American artist. She served as the White House artist during the Truman administration....
(1901-1991), American artist - Greta KnutsonGreta KnutsonGreta Knutson or Knutson-Tzara was a Swedish modernist visual artist, art critic, short story writer and poet. A student of André Lhote who adopted Abstraction, Cubism and Surrealism, she was also noted for her interest in phenomenology...
(1899-1983), Swedish artist, poet and critic - Greta ScacchiGreta ScacchiGreta Scacchi is an Italian-Australian actor.-Early life:Scacchi was born Greta Gracco in Milan, Italy, on 18 February 1960, the daughter of Luca Scacchi Gracco, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and antiques dealer...
(born 1960), Italian-born, Australian actor - Greta SchröderGreta SchröderGreta Schröder was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and victim to Count Orlok in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. In the fictionalized 2000 film, Shadow of the Vampire, she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of Nosferatu, but in...
(1891 – 1967), German actor - Greta van SusterenGreta Van SusterenGreta Van Susteren is an American commentator and television personality on the Fox News Channel, where she hosts On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren...
, American news personality - Greta SalpeterGreta SalpeterGreta Morgan Salpeter is the pianist and one of the lead singers for the band The Hush Sound. While the band is on hiatus, she has started a solo project entitled Gold Motel, with an EP released and the first album released June 1, 2010...
American singer for The Hush SoundThe Hush SoundThe Hush Sound was an indie quartet originating in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Initially named "The Hush," the band later changed their name to "The Hush Sound" due to the discovery of a rapper with the same name...
Places
- Greta BridgeGreta BridgeGreta Bridge is a village on the River Greta in County Durham, England.-Geography and administration:Greta Bridge lies in the Pennine hills near to Barnard Castle...
, village in County DurhamCounty DurhamCounty Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, England - Greta, New South WalesGreta, New South WalesGreta is a small town in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia in Cessnock City Council. It has a population of around 1000 people. It is largely a commuter town located midway between Cessnock, Singleton and Maitland...
, town in AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
- Greta railway stationGreta railway station, New South Wales-Neighbouring stations:Historically, the next inbound station was Allandale, however that station has been unofficially closed since 2002, and services suspended until further notice since 2005.- References :...
- Greta Army CampGreta Army CampGreta Army Camp was an Australian army camp built in 1939 near Greta, New South Wales, Australia. It was used for training soldiers of the Second AIF during World War II. The Australian army sold the site at auction in 1980....
, former Australian ArmyAustralian ArmyThe Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...
camp near the town of Greta
- Greta railway station
- Greta, VictoriaGreta, VictoriaGreta is a district in Victoria, Australia, located east of Benalla, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the 2006 census, Greta and the surrounding area had a population of 231.-History:...
, town in AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Fictional characters
- Greta von AmbergGreta Von AmbergGreta von Amberg is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. She was portrayed by Julianne Morris from 1998-2002.- Childhood :...
, character on the soap opera Days of our Lives - Greta (Chuck), one of several characters on Chuck
- Gretta Adler, character from "Me and Orson Welles"
- Greta Ohlsson, character from "Murder on the Orient Express"
- GretaGretaThe name Greta is derived from the name Margaret, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."Greta may refer to:-People:* Gréta Arn , professional tennis player* Greta Bösel , executed Nazi concentration camp guard...
, grandmother of Bee in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" - GretaGretaThe name Greta is derived from the name Margaret, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."Greta may refer to:-People:* Gréta Arn , professional tennis player* Greta Bösel , executed Nazi concentration camp guard...
, character in "Better Off Ted" - GretaGretaThe name Greta is derived from the name Margaret, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."Greta may refer to:-People:* Gréta Arn , professional tennis player* Greta Bösel , executed Nazi concentration camp guard...
, penguin in "Mr. Popper's Penguins" - Greta McCraw, a character on Picnic at Hanging RockPicnic at Hanging RockPicnic at Hanging Rock is a 1967 drama and mystery novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay. She wrote it over a four-week period at her home Mulberry Hill in Baxter, on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. It was first published in 1967 in Australia by Cheshire Publishing and was released in...
Natural history
- Greta (genus)Greta (genus)Greta is a genus of clearwing butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found mostly in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.-Species:...
, butterflyButterflyA butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia... - Greta morganeGreta morganeGreta morgane, also called the "Thick-tipped Greta," is a day active ithomiine butterfly from the subfamily Ithomiinae. The length of the wings of this clearwing butterfly range from 56 to 58 mm. It is a common butterfly in Mexico, Middle-America, and the Caribbean...
, also called the "Thick-tipped Greta", is a day-active ithomiine butterfly - Greta otoGreta otoThe Glasswinged butterfly is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina....
, brush-footed butterfly; its most common English name is glasswing
Other
- Greta (band)Greta (band)Greta was an American hard rock band formed in 1992 by Paul Plagens, Kyle Baer, Josh Gordon, and Brad Wilk. Wilk left the band to join Rage Against the Machine...
, hard rockHard rockHard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band - According to Greta, an independent film starring Hilary DuffHilary DuffHilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...
- River Greta (disambiguation), one of three UK rivers
- Hurricane Greta (disambiguation), name of several Atlantic storms
- Georgia Regional Transportation AuthorityGeorgia Regional Transportation AuthorityThe Georgia Regional Transportation Authority or GRTA is a government agency in the U.S. state of Georgia...
, commonly GRTA, pronounced exactly as "Greta"