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grenada

/ɡɹəˈneɪdə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
grena-da
IPA
/ɡɹəˈneɪdə/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island and country in the Caribbean. Capital: St. George's.

name

A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

name

A city, the county seat of Grenada County, Mississippi, United States.

Etymology

From anglicization/latinization of French Grenade upon the island's cession to the United Kingdom under the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War, from Spanish Granada and Los Granadillos on Spanish maps from at least the 1520s, from Granada in Spain, from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa), originally a suburb of the city. Doublet of Granada.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɡɹəˈneɪdə/
  • British English: /ɡɹəˈneɪdə/

Derived Forms

Grenadian

Phrases

Grenada County Grenada dove Grenada flycatcher Grenada tree anole Grenada worm snake

Rhymes With

ada veda takeda cicada ikeda maida breda neda sepulveda reda meda reseda

Questions

How do you pronounce grenada?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹəˈneɪdə/.
What does grenada mean?
An island and country in the Caribbean. Capital: St. George's.
Where does grenada come from?
It is traced to French.

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