New Granada en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.
Meanings
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(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:
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical) Ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada, a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816).
Translations (2)
fr Nouvelle Grenade (Translations) · es Nueva Granada (Translations)