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Grenada   /grɪnˈeɪdə/  /grɪnˈɑdə/   Listen
Grenada

noun
1.
An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth.



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"Grenada" Quotes from Famous Books



... and united; the country was a jungle, environed with vast waters not easily navigated; and the invaders had quarrelled among themselves. The latest effort had been made in 1582 by Don Antonio de Berreo. Berreo was son-in-law to Quesada, who had annexed New Grenada to Spain. Berreo alleged that he spent 300,000 ducats, and journeyed 1500 miles, before he arrived within Guiana. He seems never to have actually entered. From a tribe on the confines he received gifts of gold images and ornaments which he sent to King Philip by his officer ...
— Sir Walter Ralegh - A Biography • William Stebbing
... of it in Grenada about the period above mentioned disclosed, thinly draped with rhetorical flowers, the dark outlines of a scheme to thwart political aspiration in the Antilles. That project is sought to be realized by deterring the ...
— West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas • J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas


Words linked to "Grenada" :   country, St. George's, OAS, Organization of American States, Grenadian, Windward Isles, Grenada dollar, land, state, Windward Islands, capital of Grenada


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