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El Granada
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Etymology
en es, derived from en es el the + en Granada. Granada is a feminine proper noun in Spanish and would take the feminine definite article es la as opposed to the masculine definite article el. Originally named Granada after the city of Granada in Spain, but later changed to its current name following an error in recording the place name by the Post Office in 1909.Bright William 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning 1998 University of California Press 62 9780520920545 https://books.google.com/books?id=tcMnAy6m5doC&dq=%22el+granada%22+&pg=PA62 7 October 2021Granada's Burnham Plan https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1R8Y_granadas-burnham-plan_El-Granada-CA.html Historical Marker Project 7 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20241224144135/https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1R8Y_granadas-burnham-plan_El-Granada-CA.html 24 December 2024VanderWerf Barbara 1992 Granada, A Synonym for Paradise Gum Tree Lane Books 11 9780963292209
Proper noun
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en CDP co/San Mateo County s/California c/USA.
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