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Definition: Granada |
GranadaNoun1. A city in southeastern Spain; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moslems in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Granada" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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The Ford Granada was a car produced between 1972 and 1985 by the Ford Motor Company in Europe at both its German factory in Cologne and its British factory in Dagenham until 1976 when production switched entirely to Germany.The Granada succeeded the Ford Zephyr/Zodiac as Ford's full-size European offering, and was very common in taxi, fleet and police usage. It was also converted into limousine and hearse versions by the British company Coleman Milne. At first, lower models in the range were called the Ford Consul, but from 1975 on they were all called Granadas.
Two different models were produced; the Mark I from 1972 until 1977, the square and straight-lined Mark II from 1977 through 1985, when it was replaced by the Ford Scorpio, although the Granada name was retained in the UK until 1994. The Granada was available as a saloon (sedan) and estate, or station wagon, which was known in Germany as a Turnier. The Mark I was also produced as a 'fastback' coupe. By contrast, the Scorpio was only available as a hatchback.
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Disambiguation of Granada:
- A city in Nicaragua; see: Granada, Nicaragua
- New Granada was a Spanish colony in South America
- The Caribbean island of Grenada
- Granada: hotels and catering (UK)
- Granada Television is a British commercial television station, based in Manchester
- Granada Learning is a publisher of educational multimedia in the UK.
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in Andalusia, Spain (Andalucía, España). Its population is about 270,000. It is situated at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, at the confluence of two rivers, Darro and Genil.
In Granada, the famous Alhambra, a Moorish citadel and place, is found. It is the most remarkable item of the historical legacy (Muslim, Jewish and Christian) that makes Granada a hot spot among cultural and touristic cities in Spain.
Granada is also well-known within Spain due to its prestigious university and wild night-life. In fact, it is said that it is one of the three best cities for college students (the other two are Salamanca and Santiago de Compostela).
The pomegranate (in Spanish, granada) is the heraldic device of Granada.
« Dale limosna, mujer
que no hay en la vida nada
como la pena de ser
ciego en Granada »
— Francisco de IcazaGive him some money, woman / because there is nothing / like the pity of being / blind in Granada
Granada is a city in western Nicaragua on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. It is the nation's third largest city (75,000 inhabitants). The city was founded in 1524 by Francisco Fernández de Córdoba.
Granada is the name of a kingdom (taifa) situated around the currently Spanish city of Granada. That city became the seat of the kingdom in 1238, when the Moors retreated to during the Christian reconquest of Spain. It linked the commercial routes from Europe to Africa crossing the Sahara. In the 2nd of January 1492, the Moors surrendered to the Spanish, and the kingdom was incorporated with Castile.
The fall of Granada holds an important place among the many significant events that mark the latter half of the 15th century. It ended, after an existence of eight hundred years, the Islamic rule in the Iberian peninsula, and thus formed an offset to the progress of the Muslim power in Eastern Europe and the loss to the Christian world of Constantinople. It advanced Spain to the first rank among the nations of Europe, and gave her arms a prestige that secured for her position, influence, and deference long after the decline of her power had commenced
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Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Albacete, Murcia, Almería, , and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Granada.
Its area is 12,635 km². Its population is 818,959 (2002), of whom about 30% live in the capital, and its population density is 64.82/km² It contains 168 municipalities. See List of municipalities in Granada.
The tallest mountain in continental Spain, Mulhacén, is located in Granada. It measures 3 481 m.
Granada shares the Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada (in the Sierra Nevada mountain range) with Almería province.
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Granada TV logo, 1980sGranada Television is the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for the "North of England" weekday franchise from 1954 (started broadcasting in 1956) until 1968, and for the "Northwest England" all-week franchise since 1968. Granada is the only one of the original four ITA franchisees from 1954 which survived as a franchise holder into the twenty-first century.
In the 1930s, Cecil and Sydney Bernstein created a cinema chain in the south of England which, in the contemporary fashion for "exotic" names, they called Granada Theatres Limited. Some twenty years later like e.g. the Associated British Picture Corporation, with the dawn of commercial television the Bernsteins decided to be involved in the new industry which was a great competitor to the cinema chains, and since their chain was strongest in the south of England the Bernsteins applied for the franchise for the north of England, in order to minimise competition between their two enterprises. With some eighteen months between the awarding of their franchise and the start of transmission, Granada built a brand new studio centre in Manchester and determined to develop a strong Northern identity for themselves - Northern voices, Northern programmes, Northern idents ("From The North - Granada", and "Granadaland"). This was counter to the practice of the other franchisees, who adopted fairly nondescript names such as ABC Television, ATV, and Associated-Rediffusion, which did not have regional associations so that they could easily move their franchises to other parts of the country -- if they did well, in the future the ITA might reward them with a plum London franchise, on the other hand if they did badly they might be cast into the outer darkness of the Channel Islands franchise or lose their franchise altogether. The Northern identity immediately set Granada apart, making them immovable and embedding the company into the psyche of its viewers -- so much so that the term "Granada" to this day instantly means Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, and Cheshire, and if any child in the UK is asked "Where is Granada?" they will probably point to the home of Coronation Street rather than Spain.
Granada's policy of regional identification was so successful that the ITA decided that all franchise contractors, large or small, should identify with their regions in this way -- this was a problem which was to dog ATV for the rest of its existence and be the direct cause of the company's demise.
The culture of Granada was distinctly more Socialist than the more conservative (in all senses of the word) companies further south. The company tended to produce gritty dramas and hard-hitting documentaries, such as World in Action and Seven-Up, not forgetting of course the classic soap opera Coronation Street which started a 13-week, two episodes a week run in the summer of 1960, and is still being produced four episodes a week in 2003, with one of the original actors still playing his role. Granada did not produce light entertainment extravaganzas of its own, but was quite happy to transmit those produced by its co-franchisees, but by the mid-1970s it was producing costume epics such as Brideshead Revisited. Another of its flagship programmes was the long-running quiz show, University Challenge -- the name and format of which were eventually taken over by the BBC in the 1990s, although still produced by Granada.
Following the reduction in its franchise area in the 1968 franchise round, Granada had little difficulty in retaining its franchise in the 1981 round, and despite bidding significantly less than its rivals, survived the 1991 round by virtue of a quality-control safety-guard.
However, by the late 1980s it was becoming clear that the UK commercial broadcasters were too small to be able to compete in the world television market - a problem exacerbated by the 1990 Broadcasting Act which instigated quotas on independent programming, removed the ITV's advertising monopoly, and instigated the expensive auction process of the 1991 franchise round. The Conservative government responded by relaxing the regulatory regime so that ITV contractors could take each other over, and Granada responded by going on an acquisition spree which resulted in Granada establishing an effective duopoly of ITV with Carlton Television, excepting only the small franchisees in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Channel Islands.
From 1997 until 2002 Granada and Carlton invested and lost over £1,000,000,000 in their joint venture into pay-tv digital terrestrial broadcasting, ONdigital, which was rebranded as ITV Digital in the summer of 2001, to the fury of Scottish Television, UTV, and Channel Television which attempted to block the renaming on the grounds that it would damage the ITV brand (which it did). ITV Digital ceased broadcasting on 1 May 2002.
Later in 2002, talks on a proposed merger between Granada and Carlton were broken off after a failure to agree terms, but it seems likely that these two giants will merge in the near future.
On 28 October 2002 Granada Television was rebranded on air to ITV1 Granada. The Granada name is now only seen before regional programmes, the rest of the time the only brand shown is ITV1. The Granada logo still appears at the end of its own programmes.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Granada Television."
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Granada is a town located in Prowers County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 640.Geography
Granada is located at 38°3'53" North, 102°18'40" West (38.064603, -102.311052)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²). 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 640 people, 198 households, and 151 families residing in the town. The population density is 343.2/km² (889.6/mi²). There are 233 housing units at an average density of 124.9/km² (323.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 64.69% White, 0.00% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 33.75% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. 62.50% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 198 households out of which 48.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% are non-families. 18.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.23 and the average family size is 3.77. In the town the population is spread out with 37.7% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $26,042, and the median income for a family is $31,750. Males have a median income of $22,167 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,561. 27.8% of the population and 25.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 34.4% are under the age of 18 and 17.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Granada, Colorado."
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Granada is a city located in Martin County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 317.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 317 people, 131 households, and 75 families residing in the city. The population density is 207.4/km² (539.9/mi²). There are 136 housing units at an average density of 89.0/km² (231.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.68% White, 0.00% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.32% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 131 households out of which 32.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% are married couples living together, 4.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% are non-families. 38.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 3.37. In the city the population is spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $31,042, and the median income for a family is $42,917. Males have a median income of $23,750 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,506. 6.8% of the population and 8.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.1% are under the age of 18 and 5.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Granada, Minnesota."
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Granada is a city in Nicaragua, Central America, located at 11.94° North, 85.96° West, on the western shore of Lake Nicaragua, and about 18 km north of the Pacific Ocean shore. Granada's estimated population was some 92,000 people in 2002. Granada is the capital of Nicaragua's Granada Department.
Granada, street scene, about 1905Granada was founded in 1524 and was long the principle city in the Nicaragua region of New Spain. It was raided by pirates from France and England in the 17th century.
After Nicaragua became independent from the United States of Central America in 1839, Granada alternated with León, Nicaragua as the capital of Nicaragua (Granada was prefered by Conservative regemes and León by Liberal ones) until the national capital was permanently established at Managua in 1858.
Granada was long a center of commerce, including woods, cacao, and gold and silver working.
Granada remains Nicaragua's third largest city, and is known for preserving some fine Colonial architecture.
External Links
- Granada City Tourism Page
- Granada - Nicaragua's Grandest City
- Granada, Nicaragua, Central America
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Crosswords: Granada |
| English words defined with "Granada": Alhambra ♦ Corroval ♦ Savanilla rhatany, Sierra Nevada. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Granada": Alonzo of Aguilar ♦ Carthagena. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Granada": grenade. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Granada" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Chamorro (pomegranate), Portuguese (bomb, garnet, Grenada, grenade, shell), Spanish (Grenada, grenade, hand grenade, onion, pomegranate, shell). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Antología del baile español: Granada y Asturias (1970) Claustros de la Nueva Granada (1968) Granada addio! (1967) Nieve y mar Granada (1962) Granada (1959) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Portal of Casa de Don Julio Cardenal, Granada, Nicaragua. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Good Friday celebration, Franciscan church and monastery, Granada, Nicaragua, C. A. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Government Railway Station, Granada, Nicaragua, C. A. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Granada. Interior de Generalife (Alhambra) / J. Laurent. Madrid. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Granada. Sepulcro de los Reyes Católicos, en la capilla real / J. Laurent. Madrid. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Council House, Granada. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Granada Terrace, Forest Hills, Long Island. Detail. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Granada. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sauteurs. North point of Granada. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Sierranevada, granada" by Javier Ruiz Commentary: "A beautiful day of August <br>2500m altitude." | "Alhambra granada" by Peter Hellebrand Commentary: "Alhambra granada andalusie." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nicaragua | Other cities--Leon, Granada, Jinotega, Matagalpa, Chinandega, Masaya. (references) |
Colombia | In 1717, Bogota became the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, which included what is now Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. (references) | |
Grenada | He named the island "Concepcion." The origin of the name "Grenada" is obscure, but it is likely that Spanish sailors renamed the island for the city of Granada. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Liberation Road, Airport Residential Area, across from Polo Club, near Granada and Shangri-La hotels. (references) |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | From our diplomatic agents in Brazil, Chile, Peru, Central America, Venezuela, and New Granada constant assurances are received of the continued good understanding with the Governments to which they are severally accredited. |
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| "Granada" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Granada" is used about 413 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 413 | 13,687 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Granada" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Granada | Last name | 400 | 22,246 |
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| United Kingdom | Granada Media plc |
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1. Granada, CO (town, FIPS 31550) 2. Granada, MN (city, FIPS 24884) |
Expressions using "Granada": El Granada ♦ Granada Hills. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Granada"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 格拉纳达. (various references) | |
Korean | 그라나다. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anadagray.(various references) | |
Russian | гранада. (various references) | |
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"Granada" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gangadhar, ganiadau, Garnade, Giannadda, Gnangara, Grandal, Gyrinidae. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-g-n-r" | |
-2 letters: grana, grand. | |
-3 letters: agar, anga, dang, darn, drag, gnar, grad, gran, nada, nard, raga, rand, rang. | |
-4 letters: aga, ana, and, dag, gad, gan, gar, nag, rad, rag, ran. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ag, an, ar, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-g-n-r" | |
+3 letters: allargando, anagrammed, granadilla, mandragora, propaganda. | |
+4 letters: aggradation, gradational, granadillas, madrigalian, mandragoras, propagandas. | |
+5 letters: aggradations, quadrangular. | |
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