Variant Names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Greenbrier River has also been known historically as:
- Green Briar River
- Green Brier River
- Green Bryar River
- Greenbriar River
- O-ne-pa-ke (Lenape for Dark Path)
- O-ne-pa-ke-cepe (Lenape for Dark Path Water or River)
- Onepake
- Riviere de la Ronceverte (River of the Greenbrier)
- We-o-to-we
- We-o-to-we-cepe-we
- Weotowe
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