New Granada

proper noun

A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.

OriginSpanish Nueva Granada →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA 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. abbreviationellipsishistoricalEllipsis of United Provinces of New Granada, a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
colombia

Origin

  1. SpanishNueva Granada
  2. EnglishNew Granada

Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

French Nouvelle Grenade
  • Nouvelle GrenadeTranslations
Spanish Nueva Granada
  • Nueva GranadaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

New Granada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Granada

MLA

“New Granada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Granada. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Granada,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Granada.

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