Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

new granada

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: new -grana-da
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.

name

Ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada, a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816).

Example Sentences

"In South America the major centre was Quito, where flocks of sheep and Indian labour were plentiful; its markets were in central Peru to the south and the gold-mining regions of New Granada to the north."

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

Questions

What does new granada mean?: A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
Where does new granada come from?: Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

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