New Granada

English

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

Proper noun

New Granada

1. (historical) A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 126:

     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.

2. (historical) Ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada, a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816).

Translations

Translations

• French: Nouvelle Grenade f
• Spanish: Nueva Granada f