Granta

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Granta

proper noun

A minor river in Cambridgeshire, England, which flows from the Bartlow area to join the River Cam (or Granta) at Great Shelford; in full, the River Granta. The six-mile section from Haverhill to Bartlow carries the line over a high ridge into the valley of the River Granta.
Synonym of the River Cam south of Cambridge, especially south of Hauxton Junction, the confluence with the River Cam or Rhee.
Similar: the River Cam south of Cambridge
A locality in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

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@misc{granta_2026,
  title = {Granta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/granta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}