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Gretna Green in American English
border village in Scotland, where, formerly, many eloping English couples went to be married

Gretna Green in British English
noun: a village in S Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway on the border with England: famous smithy where eloping couples were married by the blacksmith from 1754 until 1940, when such marriages became illegal. Pop: 2705 (2001)

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