Granada
n.
city of southern Spain; province in south Spain; kingdom the Middle Ages on the Mediterranean coast of south Spain; city in Nicaragua; town in Colorado (USA); city in Minnesota (USA); family name; type of twill fabric made of a cotton warp and alpaca or mohair filling
Granada
Granada -
Arabic: غرناطة –
Greek: (
Steph. Byz.) - Elibyrge;
Latin: Illiberis (
Ptol. ii. 4. § 11) or Illiberi Liberini (
Pliny iii. 1. s. 3); – is a city and the capital of the province of
Granada, in the
autonomous region of
Andalusia,
Spain. It is situated at the foot of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of two rivers,
Darro and
Genil, at an elevation of 738 metres above sea level. At the
2005 census, the population of the city of Granada proper was 236,982, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 472,638, ranking as the 13th-largest urban area of the Spanish Kingdom. About 3.3% of the population did not hold Spanish citizenship, the largest number of these (31%) coming from
South America.
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Granada
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Andalusia, Andalucia
(part-meronym) Alhambra
Granada (f)
n.
Grenada, island state in the eastern West Indies; city in Spain
granada (f)
n.
pomegranate, type of red fruit that has a tough skin and many seeds; grenade, small missile containing an explosive (thrown by hand or fired from a mounted launcher)
granado
adj.
select, choice, superior, prime; full-grown, totally developed or grown; tall
granada (f)
n.
bomb, grenade; garnet; shell