Grenada
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- proper noun
- /ɡrəˈneɪdə/
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Granada
- Tobago's proximity to Grenada made it a tempting investment for successful Grenadian planters and merchants.
- invasion of Grenada
- U.S. invasion of Grenada
I am light skinned because my great grandmother on my mother's side was raped by her boss when she was a maid in Grenada.
- I am light skinned because my great grandmother on my mother's side was raped by her boss when she was a maid in Grenada.
- I mean, you had a little conflicts like down in Grenada and Panama and stuff like that, but nothing at this level in it.
- We'd had urgent fury, which was Grenada had just cause.
- They just, I got there when everybody was still gone from leave after Grenada.
Examples
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Such rapid development made Grenada Britain's second largest sugar producer and made island planters anxious to recreate their success elsewhere.
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High land prices in Grenada necessarily excluded potential planters with limited investment capital.
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Are we gonna go over Grenada again?
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So, uh, you served in Grenada?
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Did she find out you graduated in Grenada?
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A week of rainfall in Grenada in 1991 all but destroyed that year's competition.
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His uncle, Alexander Campbell, was a member of the Grenada Assembly and one of the leading planters on the island.
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The selection of St. George's proved especially fortuitous since Grenada stood at the center of the region's economic development.
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Moreover, the U.S. has investment treaties with Argentina, Haiti, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.
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Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grenada comes from the Spanish city Granada, a name tied to the Latin word granatum meaning 'pomegranate'. A helpful image is a pomegranate full of seeds, like the island full of spice trees, and that makes the name easier to remember.