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New Granada en · PROPN

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

Meanings

  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:
  2. (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)