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New Granada
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English
Etymology
en es Nueva Granada.
Proper noun
New Granada
en historical en A <<historical province>> in colonial <<cont/South America>> corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador.
en Edwin Williamson The Penguin history of Latin America 1992 Penguin Books London; New York 978-0-14-012559-7 126 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140125597/page/126/mode/1up 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.
en historical en w:United Provinces of New Granada a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816).
Translations
French: fr Nouvelle Grenade f
Spanish: es Nueva Granada f