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New Granada

New Granada proper noun: a historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador. Also the ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada.

Proper noun

New Granada

  1. (historical) A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
    • 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.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 126

Also used as

New Granada is also the ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada.

Origin of New Granada

Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

Questions about New Granada

What does New Granada mean?
New Granada means a historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
What part of speech is New Granada?
New Granada is a proper noun.

Words near New Granada in the dictionary

  1. new ginger
  2. new gingers
  3. New Gisborne
  4. New Glasgow
  5. New Gloucester
  6. New Granada
  7. New Greek
  8. New Gretna
  9. new guard
  10. new guards
  11. New Guinea

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