English Explanatory Dictionary

New Granada

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
  2. Ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada, a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816).

Word forms

New Granada

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

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