an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth
"After visiting the beautiful beaches, we boarded a ferry to Grenada, the small island nation located in the southeastern Caribbean."
An island and country in the Caribbean.
"Grenada is a beautiful island nation located in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea."
The name Grenada comes from the Spanish word for the city of Granada in Spain, which itself derives from an Arabic term meaning "pomegranate." This English usage emerged after France ceded the island to Britain in 1763, adopting the spelling used on earlier Spanish maps.