A city in southern Spain famous for the Alhambra palace, or sometimes used to refer to a pomegranate (from Spanish).
From Arabic Gharnata, meaning 'city of the pomegranate.' The city was a major Islamic center in Spain for centuries. The name reflects the Arabic heritage of Al-Andalus, the Islamic civilization that dominated medieval Spain.
Granada's name literally means 'pomegranate city' in Arabic, a throwback to when Spain was ruled by Islamic kingdoms — the Alhambra palace still standing there is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, built by people whose culture created the very word for the city.
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