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Granta

American  
[gran-tuh] / ˈgræn tə /

noun

  1. Cam.


Granta British  
/ ˈɡræntə, ˈɡrɑːntə /

noun

  1. the original name, still in use locally, for the River Cam

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Adapted from Adrift in the South, by Xiao Hai, translated by Tony Hao, to be published by Granta on May 26, 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Only three of the top 10, including the cheap, bestselling Lada Granta, were domestic Lada cars produced by flagship Russian automaker Avtovaz.

From Reuters • May 4, 2023

The Granta list is a once-in-a-decade landmark, traditionally viewed as a barometer of Britain's literary landscape.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

“Travel writing seems to me a too-big umbrella, full of holes to let the rain in,” he told Granta magazine in 2008.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Villages continue to be found on both banks as we ascend the Granta.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward