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 female given name from German of German origin; a pet form of Margaret. / Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.

A female given name from German, diminutive of Margarete. / A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.

plural of Gretna Green

Any town with liberal marriage laws, a place where couples elope.

(of a marriage) carried out quickly and secretively in a jurisdiction that is not the bride or groom's own.

A village on the border between England and Scotland (in Dumfries and Galloway council area just inside Scotland), famous for easy marriages.

A female given name from Ancient Greek.