Granada
Americannoun
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a medieval kingdom along the Mediterranean coast of S Spain.
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a city in S Spain: the capital of this former kingdom and last stronghold of the Moors in Spain; site of the Alhambra.
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a city in SW Nicaragua, near Lake Nicaragua.
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a former kingdom of S Spain, in Andalusia: founded in the 13th century and divided in 1833 into the present-day provinces of Granada, Almería, and Málaga
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a city in S Spain, in Andalusia: capital of the Moorish kingdom of Granada from 1238 to 1492 and a great commercial and cultural centre, containing the Alhambra palace (13th and 14th centuries); university (1531). Pop: 237 663 (2003 est)
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a city in SW Nicaragua, on the NW shore of Lake Nicaragua: the oldest city in the country, founded in 1523 by Córdoba; attacked frequently by pirates in the 17th century. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
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A major tourist attraction in Granada is the Alhambra, a magnificent fortress and palace complex built by Spain's Muslim rulers in the Middle Ages on a hill overlooking the city.
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"We didn't really know what we were doing, we had no idea what was happening," Jackie said of the day the Granada TV crew turned up at her school.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In the city of Granada Hills alone, there were two future NFL quarterbacks competing: John Elway at Granada Hills and Tom Ramsey at Kennedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Granada Hills football coach Bucky Brooks, a former NFL player, talks about why he coaches high school football and why it attracts many former NFL players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
A magnitude-4.8 earthquake caused cracks in walls and sent debris falling in Granada on Tuesday, lightly injuring three people, officials said, days after a slightly stronger quake hit the southern Spanish city.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He was a married Spanish lawyer from Granada and said that he wanted to document the murders in Spain through a peephole in his overcoat.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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