Granada

Granada

See also: granada

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish Granada, borrowed from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa). Originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city. Doublet of Grenada.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈnɑː.də/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɑːdə
    • Hyphenation: Gra‧na‧da

    Proper noun

    Granada

    1. A city in Andalusia, Spain.
    2. A province of Andalusia, Spain.
    3. A city in Nicaragua.
    4. A department of Nicaragua.
    5. A place in the United States:
      1. A statutory town in Prowers County, Colorado.
      2. A minor city in Martin County, Minnesota.
      3. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Anagrams

    Asturian

    Proper noun

    Granada f

    1. Granada (a city in Spain)
    2. Granada (a province of Spain)
    3. Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)

    Catalan

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Granada f

    1. Granada (a city in Spain)
    2. Granada (a province of Spain)

    Central Nahuatl

    Proper noun

    Granada

    1. Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)

    French

    Etymology

    The name refers to the mining company Granada Gold Mines, which operated a gold mine in the territory of the neighbourhood between 1930 and 1937. The company was named in turn after Grenada in Andalusia in an effort to give the company name an exotic bent.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡʁa.na.da/
    • Hyphenation: Gra‧na‧da
    • Rhymes: -a

    Proper noun

    Granada f

    1. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

    Galician

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): (standard) /ɡɾaˈnada/ [ɡɾaˈna.ð̞ɐ]
    • IPA(key): (gheada) /ħɾaˈnada/ [ħɾaˈna.ð̞ɐ]

    • Rhymes: -ada
    • Hyphenation: Gra‧na‧da

    Proper noun

    Granada f

    1. Granada (a city in Spain)
    2. Granada (a province of Spain)
    3. Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐˈna.dɐ/ [ɡɾɐˈna.ðɐ]

    • Homophone: granada
    • Hyphenation: Gra‧na‧da

    Proper noun

    Granada f

    1. Granada (a province of Andalusia, Spain)
    2. Granada (a city, the provincial capital of Granada, Spain)
    3. Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)

    Spanish

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa), originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city. Unrelated to granada (pomegranate), to which it came to be associated by folk etymology.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈnada/ [ɡɾaˈna.ð̞a]
        • Audio (Spain):(file)
        • Rhymes: -ada
      • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈna(a)/ [ɡɾãˈna(.a)] (Andalusia)
      • Syllabification: Gra‧na‧da

      Proper noun

      Granada f

      1. Granada (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Granada)
      2. Granada (a city in Granada, Spain)
        Hyponyms: Cariacoa, Pequeña Martinica
      3. Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)
      4. Granada (a department of Nicaragua)

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • English: Granada
      • French: Grenade
      • Turkish: Gırnata, Granada

      See also