Granada
pronunciation
How to pronounce Granada in British English:
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- Noun:
- a city in southeastern Spain; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Muslims in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction
Word Origin
- Granada
- Moorish kingdom, after 1492 a Spanish province, named for its city, which was founded in 8c. by the Arabs on the site of Roman Illiberis. The name is said to be from Latin granatum "pomegranate," either from fruit grown in the region or from some fancied resemblance. Others connect the name to Moorish karnattah, said to mean "hill of strangers." The Roman name is said to be Iberian and represent cognates of Basque hiri "town" + berri "new," and it survives in the name of the surrounding Sierra Elvira. Related: Granadine.
Example
- 1. Doesn 't this granada restaurant look inviting ?
- 2. Why did you come back to granada ?
- 3. Wireless data transfer , battery-powered devices and cordless charging mats will make the knot of dusty copper in every office look as dated as the sweeney 's ford granada .
- 4. In1819he undertook a daring attack on new granada , leading some 2500 men over routes considered impassable . Taking the spanish by surprise , he defeated them quickly .
- 5. Spain , the last serious earthquake occurred in april 1956 , the earthquake epicenter region of granada in southern spain , killing at least ten people were killed and 70 injured .