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Great Eastern may refer to: SS Great Eastern, a steamship built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1858, the largest ship of its era Great Eastern Railway
Great_Eastern
British sailing steamship launched in 1858
SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the
SS_Great_Eastern
Series of uprisings against Ottoman rule in Southeastern Europe in the 1870s
The Great Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 began in the Ottoman Empire's administrative territories in the Balkan Peninsula in 1875, with the outbreak of several
Great_Eastern_Crisis
Singaporean insurance company
Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd, often known as Great Eastern Life or simply Great Eastern, is a Singaporean multinational insurance company and
Great_Eastern_Life
Pre-grouping British railway company
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other
Great_Eastern_Railway
Indian shipping company
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (also known as GE Shipping) is an Indian shipping company which primarily transports liquid, gas and solid
Great_Eastern_Shipping
Principal railway route in eastern England
The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a 114.5-mile (184.3 km) major railway line on the British railway
Great_Eastern_Main_Line
Subspecies of bird
The eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta) is a species of heron from the genus Ardea, usually considered a subspecies of the great egret (A. alba)
Eastern_great_egret
Break of communion between the Western and Eastern churches
Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church since
East–West_Schism
British train operating company, 1997–2004
First Great Eastern was a British train operating company that ran the Great Eastern franchise in the East of England from January 1997 until March 2004
First_Great_Eastern
2000 studio album by The Delgados
The Great Eastern is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Delgados. It was released on 17 April 2000 in the United Kingdom on their
The_Great_Eastern_(album)
Highway in Western Australia
Great Eastern Highway is a 590-kilometre-long (370 mi) road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route
Great_Eastern_Highway
Hotel in the City of London
immediately south of Liverpool Street station, originally built as the Great Eastern Hotel in 1884. The building underwent extensive renovation and expansion
Great_Eastern_Hotel,_London
Five star hotel in Kolkata, India
The Great Eastern Hotel (officially The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata) is a colonial era hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). The hotel
Great_Eastern_Hotel,_Kolkata
Mountains in Australia
The Great Eastern Ranges extends from southern Victoria to north of Cairns in Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the Great Dividing Range and the Great
Great_Eastern_Ranges
Shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Great Eastern Tower (also known as Menara Great Eastern) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the headquarters of Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Bhd, a
Great_Eastern_Tower
South Australia Horse Race
The Great Eastern Steeplechase was an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase horse race held annually at Oakbank, South Australia on Easter Saturday and
Great_Eastern_Steeplechase
Topics referred to by the same term
Great Eastern Hotel may refer to: Great Eastern Hotel, Kolkata Great Eastern Hotel, London Great Eastern Hotel (novel), a 2025 historical novel by Ruchir
Great_Eastern_Hotel
Running event in Peterborough, UK
The AEPG Great Eastern Run is a running event that takes place every year in Peterborough, United Kingdom, generally in mid-October. The event returned
Great_Eastern_Run
Preserved Canadian steam locomotive
Pacific Great Eastern 2 is a preserved 2-6-2ST "Prairie" type steam locomotive built in February 1910 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Howe Sound
Pacific_Great_Eastern_2
Former British train operating company
three train operating companies, Anglia Railways, First Great Eastern and West Anglia Great Northern. In December 2001, the Strategic Rail Authority
National_Express_East_Anglia
Defunct entertainment company
Great Eastern Conventions, Inc. was an entertainment company that produced comic book conventions, most actively from 1987 to 1996. In New York City,
Great_Eastern_Conventions
Former British train operating company
Great North Eastern Railway, often referred to as GNER, was a British train operating company, owned by Sea Containers, that operated the InterCity East
Great_North_Eastern_Railway
Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited is a Coalbed methane (CBM) production company, located in Asansol district of West Bengal. With two CBM blocks
Great_Eastern_Energy
Decline of Ottoman Empire and its effect on the balance of power
In diplomatic history, the Eastern question was the issue of the political and economic instability in the Ottoman Empire from the late 18th to early
Eastern_question
Long-distance hiking trail in the United States
The Great Eastern Trail is a network of hiking trails forming a long-distance route in the eastern United States. North of Georgia, the route runs parallel
Great_Eastern_Trail
Defunct railway in England
The Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway, colloquially referred to as "the Joint Line" was a railway line connecting Doncaster and Lincoln with
Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Great_Northern_and_Great_Eastern_Joint_Railway
The Great Eastern Railway was formed on 1 August 1862, when the Eastern Counties Railway changed its name. The ECR had originally been built to 5 ft (1
Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway
Locomotives_of_the_Great_Eastern_Railway
Novel written by Andreas Embirikos
The Great Eastern (Greek: Ὀ Μέγας Ἀνατολικός, romanized: Ho Mégas Anatolikós) is a novel by Greek writer and poet Andreas Embirikos. Described as the
The Great Eastern (Embirikos novel)
The_Great_Eastern_(Embirikos_novel)
English civil and marine engineer (1806–1859)
largest steamships in the world at the time, the SS Great Western, SS Great Britain, and SS Great Eastern. His career was marred by continual financial and
Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
Canadian radio program
The Great Eastern was a radio comedy show on CBC Radio One. It ran from 1994 to 1999. Billed as "Newfoundland's Cultural Magazine", The Great Eastern was
The Great Eastern (radio show)
The_Great_Eastern_(radio_show)
Horse race
The Great Eastern Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1883 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York
Great_Eastern_Handicap
1857 photograph
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern is a photograph taken by Robert Howlett in November 1857. It shows Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern
Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_Standing_Before_the_Launching_Chains_of_the_Great_Eastern
Railway company in British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia. Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), it was acquired by the provincial government in 1918
BC_Rail
Area of London, England
of Shoreditch (Old Street, Shoreditch High Street and Curtain Road, Great Eastern Street) were formed into a one-mile-long (1.5-kilometre) one-way system
Shoreditch
Theatre of war of European Axis and Soviet Union blocs
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War, or the German–Soviet War, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers
Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
Periodical cicadas that appear every 17 years
Brood X (Brood 10), the Great Eastern Brood, is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States. The brood's
Brood_X
Megathrust earthquake off Japan's east coast
tsunami. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami had a great environmental impact on Japan's eastern coast. The rarity and magnitude of the earthquake-tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
Park in the United Kingdom
Great Eastern Pingo Trail is 9.2 kilometres (5.7 miles) long footpath along a disused railway line north of Thetford in Norfolk. It is a 4.2-hectare (10-acre)
Great_Eastern_Pingo_Trail
Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan
Tōdai-ji (東大寺, 'Eastern Great Temple') is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara
Tōdai-ji
Former British train operating company
the various services and facilities offered. On 4 November 2014, the Great Eastern Main Line Taskforce released its investment analysis report, which included
Greater_Anglia_(2012–2025)
Islamic fundamentalist organization
The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (İslami Büyükdoğu Akıncılar Cephesi in Turkish, abbreviated İBDA-C) is an Islamist militant organization. The
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front
Great_Eastern_Islamic_Raiders'_Front
Former undersea telegraph cable
was laid in 1865 with improved material. It was laid from the ship SS Great Eastern, built by John Scott Russell and Isambard Kingdom Brunel and skippered
Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
Highway in Perth, Western Australia
Great Eastern Highway Bypass is a limited-access dual carriageway linking Great Eastern Highway and Roe Highway in Perth, Western Australia. Together
Great_Eastern_Highway_Bypass
1st world's fair in 1851 in London, England
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the
Great_Exhibition
War memorial in Liverpool Street station
The Great Eastern Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial installed at Liverpool Street station in the City of London, United Kingdom. The
Great Eastern Railway War Memorial
Great_Eastern_Railway_War_Memorial
Ocean liner with four funnels
Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, the Great Eastern was then chartered to a French Company, 'La Société des Affréteurs du Great Eastern', to bring wealthy American
Four-funnel_liner
Electric multiple unit train (1975–2004)
of the Great Eastern Main Line and London, Tilbury and Southend line networks. As built, the 312/0 fleet were used on the newly electrified Great Northern
British_Rail_Class_312
British "Big 4" railway company, active 1923–1947
principal constituents of the LNER were: Great Eastern Railway Great Central Railway Great Northern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Hull and Barnsley
London and North Eastern Railway
London_and_North_Eastern_Railway
Former English railway company
In 1862 ECR was merged with a number of other companies to form the Great Eastern Railway. In 1835, a surveyor called Henry Sayer presented a plan for
Eastern_Counties_Railway
2019 novel by Howard A. Rodman
The Great Eastern by Howard A. Rodman is an anticolonial adventure novel, set in the 1850s-1870s in New York, London, India, Paris and the North Atlantic
The Great Eastern (Rodman novel)
The_Great_Eastern_(Rodman_novel)
2025 novel by Ruchir Joshi
Great Eastern Hotel is a 2025 historical novel by the Indian writer and filmmaker Ruchir Joshi. It was published by Fourth Estate, the HarperCollins India
Great_Eastern_Hotel_(novel)
British railway company, 1846 to 1922
with the North Eastern Railway and the North British Railway so as to offer seamless travel facilities. The main line railways of Great Britain were "grouped"
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)
British state-owned train operating company
franchise on the East Coast Main Line since Great North Eastern Railway (GNER). The integration of Great Northern services into LNER's operation after
London_North_Eastern_Railway
Rail line in East of England
what originally was the Tendring Hundred Railway, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England. It links Colchester to the seaside
Sunshine_Coast_Line
Chinese American bank
Cathay prevailed in a bidding war with United Commercial Bank to acquire Great Eastern Bank. Cathay also acquired New Asia Bank in 2006. On March 31, 2006
Cathay_Bank
Football tournament
subsequent editions until 2018. Great Eastern and Yeo's are the co-sponsors for the Community Shield from 2008 to 2016. Great Eastern was the sole sponsor when
Singapore_Community_Shield
British passenger railway franchise
on the Great Eastern Main Line and West Anglia Main Lines in England. It commenced operation in April 2004 when the Anglia and Great Eastern franchises
East_Anglia_franchise
Subspecies of canine
species, where Great Lakes-boreal wolves are the product of grey wolf × eastern wolf hybridization, eastern coyotes are the result of eastern wolf × western
Eastern_wolf
American novelist
in Howard A. Rodman's 'The Great Eastern'". Los Angeles Review of Books. Paul Burke (June 15, 2019). "'The Great Eastern' by Howard A. Rodman". NB Magazine
Howard_A._Rodman
Scottish indie rock band
time chart made in 2000). The Delgados' evolution continued with The Great Eastern in 2000. The record was produced by Dave Fridmann. Their next single
The_Delgados
Railway line in London, England
of developers hoping to attract the middle classes to the area. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was promoting a scheme in 1864 but this found little favour
Chingford_branch_line
Experimental steam locomotive
arrangement designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. It was the first ten-coupled steam locomotive in Great Britain. The locomotive was built for
GER_Class_A55
North Eastern Railway). However, it was to be the Eastern Region that took the first of BR's new Standard locomotives, 70000 'Britannia', for its Great Eastern
Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway
Locomotives_of_the_London_and_North_Eastern_Railway
English railway line
has previously been part of the Great Eastern Main Line. The line is also known as the St Edmund's Line. The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) had built a line
Ipswich–Ely_line
Railway in London, England
central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford;
Elizabeth_line
Highway in Perth, Western Australia
National Highway 94 from Great Eastern Highway Bypass to Great Eastern Highway, and National Highway 95 from Great Eastern Highway to Great Northern Highway.
Roe_Highway
Former railway network in England
into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the Great Northern into the London and North Eastern Railway). The M&GNJR maintained a distinct identity
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Midland_and_Great_Northern_Joint_Railway
British photographer
document the construction of the world's largest steamship, the SS Great Eastern. He exhibited at the London Photographic Society and published On the
Robert_Howlett
British class of electric multiple units
2005, for First Great Eastern and Heathrow Connect. Almost all of the class are now operated by East Midlands Railway. First Great Eastern ordered 21 four-car
British_Rail_Class_360
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of Canada and the United States
The Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of North America, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It
Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
Eastern_Great_Lakes_lowland_forests
Railway line in London
was proposed, but did not gain approval in 1882 or 1883. In 1883, the Great Eastern Railway (GER) proposed a line from Romford to Tilbury Docks, passing
Liberty_line
Country in northwestern Europe
of over 69 million in 2024. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands
United_Kingdom
Railway project in London, England
two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line. The project was approved in 2007, and construction
Crossrail
selected by the directors of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company out of two hundred competitors to take the command of the Great Leviathan, then building at
William Harrison (sea captain)
William_Harrison_(sea_captain)
Railway line in Norfolk, England
Hunstanton and West Norfolk Railway, and in 1890 the company was sold to the Great Eastern Railway. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, acquired an estate
Lynn_and_Hunstanton_Railway
Erg in Algeria and Tunisia
The Grand Erg Oriental (English: Great Eastern Sand Sea) is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in Saharan
Grand_Erg_Oriental
Former English railway company
it and the ECR were amalgamated with other networks to form the new Great Eastern Railway. The main line from Colchester to Norwich remains in use today
Eastern_Union_Railway
English tort law case
Read v Great Eastern Railway (1868) LR 3 QB 555 was an English tort law case which created a strong authority enshrining the principle that if a deceased
Read_v_Great_Eastern_Railway
Railway between Hitchin and Cambridge in the East of England
Eastern Counties (Shepreth Branch) Railway. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 44. Ashton, Geoff (April 2013). "The Great Eastern Railway 1862-1865". Great Eastern
Cambridge_line
Species of rattlesnake
The eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a species of rattlesnake found in eastern North America, from southern Ontario, Canada, eastern regions
Eastern_massasauga
Street in Glasgow, Scotland
1908 it was converted into a model lodging house for men, named the 'Great Eastern Hotel'. It even boasted a 200-foot (60-metre) roller-skating rink on
Duke_Street,_Glasgow
Second-largest Christian church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church is the second-largest Christian body in
Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship
Yard, Millbank on the Thames. List of longest wooden ships SS Great Eastern About Great Western from Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Freeman Hunt
SS_Great_Western
Irish sailor
an Irish sea captain. He captained the Brunel-designed steamship SS Great Eastern which laid transoceanic telegraph cables. A successful pioneer of this
Robert_Halpin
Defunct short railway branch line in north London
in Tottenham to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station in Wood Green. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) opened Seven Sisters on 22 May 1872 on the line from Liverpool
Palace_Gates_line
Rail line in East of England
a railway branch line in the East of England that diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at Witham and runs north-west to Braintree. The route is 6 miles
Braintree_branch_line
Railway line in Suffolk, England
Aldeburgh. In 1862 the East Suffolk Railway company was folded into the new Great Eastern Railway. The GER operated a successful passenger and goods train service
East_Suffolk_line
Frigate of the Royal Navy
her to ferry transatlantic telegraph cable to the cable-laying ship Great Eastern. She was decommissioned and sold off in 1869. Between 1840 and 15 August
HMS_Iris_(1840)
Railway terminus in the City of London, England
congestion at its other London terminus at Bishopsgate. In 1862 the Great Eastern Railway was created by amalgamating various East Anglian railway companies
Fenchurch Street railway station
Fenchurch_Street_railway_station
UK railway branch line
generate subscriptions, or to manage the construction properly. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was the dominant railway company in the area, and saw
Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line
Bishop's_Stortford–Braintree_branch_line
follows: 1-30 : Great Northern section (maintained at Doncaster) 31-50 : Great Eastern section (maintained at Stratford) 51-100: North Eastern section (maintained
British Rail departmental locomotives
British_Rail_departmental_locomotives
National Rail station in Hertfordshire, England
could not obtain government agreement for this until 1862, when the Great Eastern Railway was formed by amalgamation. Thus Cheshunt became a GER station
Cheshunt_railway_station
Railway line in England
where it branches off the Fen line north of Ely to where it joins the Great Eastern Main Line south of Norwich. There are 12 stations on the line, including
Breckland_line
Railway line in East Anglia, England
line railways that operate out of Liverpool Street; the other is the Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich and Norwich. It runs generally north through Cheshunt
West_Anglia_Main_Line
1840s British steamship, museum ship
344 short tons; 1,219 tonnes) Cost of construction: £117,295 SS Great Eastern SS Great Western Some sources, such as Claxton, state that there was only
SS_Great_Britain
Three related classes of 121 British 4-4-0 locomotives
North Eastern Railway) were three classes of similar 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by James Holden (S46 and D56) and A. J. Hill (H88) for the Great Eastern
GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88
Proposed rail project in Norfolk, England
County School and Fakenham was part of the Norfolk Railway, later the Great Eastern Railway Wymondham to Wells Branch. The M&GN main line closed to passengers
Norfolk_Orbital_Railway
British EMU classification system
from overhead wires. Where clearances for the overhead wires on the Great Eastern Main Line, North Clyde Line and London, Tilbury and Southend railway
List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes
List_of_British_Rail_electric_multiple_unit_classes
Railway line in Norfolk, England
for a large shed at Buxton. The Great Eastern Railway had taken control of the East Norfolk Railway by the Great Eastern and East Norfolk Railways Act 1881
East_Norfolk_Railway
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Great Worrier; Great Chivalric
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Short form of Danish/Swedish Margareta, GRETA means "pearl."
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, pearl.
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Form of Margaret; Child of Light; A Pearl
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, pearl.
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Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of Dutch De Groot or German Gross.English
Americanized form of Dutch De Groot or German Gross.English : variant of Greet, a nickname from Old English grēat ‘big’, ‘stout’, a habitational name from Greet in Gloucestershire or Greete in Shropshire, both named from an Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
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v. i.
To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
n.
The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
a.
Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
superl.
Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
v. t.
To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.
v. i.
See Greet, to weep.
a.
Great as a man's arm.
superl.
Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.
v. t.
To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
superl.
More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
a.
Great.
superl.
Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
v. t.
To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
superl.
Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
superl.
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
v. t.
To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.
n.
That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
superl.
Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
superl.
Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
v. t.
To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.