Grenada

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Grenada

  • /ɡɹəˈneɪdə/ US, UK

Rhymes with -eɪdə

Where it comes from

From anglicization/latinization of French Grenade upon the island's cession to the United Kingdom under the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War, from Spanish Granada and Los Granadillos on Spanish maps from at least the 1520s, from Granada in Spain, from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa), originally a suburb of the city. Doublet of Granada.

proper noun

  1. An island and country in the Caribbean. Capital: St. George's.
  2. A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Grenada County, Mississippi, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fiji, dominica, jamaica, malta, greenland, granada, grenadian, croatia, greece, granda, grenade, smoke, pomegranate, shell, frigate island, glover island

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name Caribbean country

EspañolGranada
한국어그레나다 Geurenada
日本語グレナダ Gurenada
中文格林納達 /格林纳达 Gélínnàdá
हिन्दीग्रेनाडा grenāḍā
KiswahiliGrenada
PortuguêsGranada
FrançaisGrenade
DeutschGrenada
ItalianoGrenada
ΕλληνικάΓρενάδα Grenáda
RomânăGrenada
РусскийГрена́да Grenáda
Tiếng ViệtGrê-na-đa
العربيةغْرِينَادَا ḡrīnādā, جْرِينَادَا jrīnādā
עבריתגרנדה

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"Grenada." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grenada. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Grenada. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grenada

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@misc{grenada_2026,
  title = {Grenada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grenada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}