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Gretna

American  
[gret-nuh] / ˈgrɛt nə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.


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The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office and Gretna Fire Department in Nebraska responded to Loftis’ home Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said in a statement emailed to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

Someone living in Gretna earning £50,000 a year will pay £1,496 more in income tax annually than their colleagues living in Carlisle earning the same amount.

From BBC May 5, 2026

The family's plea is that the major carriageway that links Stranraer and the ferry ports at Cairnryan to Gretna and beyond can be made safer and ideally be dualled throughout its 95 miles.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2024

Esmail’s family said she often traveled back and forth between the West Bank and the U.S., where she managed a family-owned grocery store in Gretna and worked as a tutor at a nearby high school.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2024

The Caledonian and North British railways have a station at Gretna on the English side of the Border.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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