New Granada


noun
  1. a former Spanish viceroyalty in NW South America, comprising the present republics of Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.

  2. early name of Colombia (before the secession of Panama).

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How to use New Granada in a sentence

  • For centuries the landward boundaries of Spanish New Granada remained shadowy, indefinite limits.

    South America | W. H. Koebel
  • The value of New Granada in the eyes of Spain lay in its being the chief emerald-producing centre of the world.

    South America | W. H. Koebel
  • It was not until the discovery of New Granada that the source was revealed from which the stones had been obtained.

    South America | W. H. Koebel
  • Ill-fate seems to have pursued most of the attempts at settlement in New Granada while the Spanish rule lasted.

    South America | W. H. Koebel
  • Caracas was then, as it is now, the head-quarters of the colony, which was separated from the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1731.

    South America | W. H. Koebel

British Dictionary definitions for New Granada

New Granada

noun
  1. a former Spanish presidency and later viceroyalty in South America. At its greatest extent it consisted of present-day Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador

  2. the name of Colombia when it formed, with Panama, part of Great Colombia (1819–30)

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