English Explanatory Dictionary

Grenada

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island and country in the Caribbean.
  2. A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Grenada County, Mississippi, United States.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹəˈneɪdə/ en-us-Grenada.ogg

Word forms

Grenada

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.

Derived words

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