Gretna Green

Meanings

Proper Noun

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

Noun

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

Adjective

• carried out quickly and secretively in a jurisdiction that is not the bride or groom's own.

Origin

• "Green at the gravelly hill", from Old English greot ("gritstone") (in the [[dative form greoten) and hoh.