| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Gretna Green |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Gret·na Green |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  gr t n |
| A village of southern Scotland on the English border. It was famous as a place for runaway marriages from 1754 until 1856, when the Scottish law was changed to require a 21-day residence period for one of the parties before issuance of a license.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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