grenada

     

Grenaa (pronounced /grɪˈneɪdə/) is an island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located north of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada Dove.

Trivia about grenada

  • The 2nd-smallest independent country in area in the Western Hemisphere; in the '80s it was invaded by the 2nd largest
  • Spice baskets are popular souvenirs of St. George's, the capital of this country invaded by the U.S. in 1983
  • American might & valor prevailed in a 1983 invasion of this Caribbean island
  • This Caribbean nation was named because it reminded Spanish sailors of a province back home in Spain
  • Southernmost of the Lesser Antilles, it hasn't had an army since a 1983 U.S. invasion
  • The U.S. Army awarded 8,612 medals after this 1983 invasion although fewer than 7,000 troops were there
  • In October U.S. forces invaded this Caribbean island
  • In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there
  • Iguana is a taste treat on this island that the U.S. invaded in 1983
  • The Alhambra towers above this southern Spanish city
  • A 1983 invasion protected American med students on this Caribbean island
  • The 1983 invasion of this country inspired the plot of the film "Heartbreak Ridge"
  • On Nov. 2, 1983 the U.S. declared that hostilities on this invaded island had ended
  • In 1983 Colin was an assistant to Secy. of Defense Caspar Weinberger when the U.S. invaded this island nation
  • The West Indies nation we invaded in 1983
  • After the Moors were defeated at Tolosa in 1212, their rule was restricted to this small kingdom in southern Spain
  • In 1983 a coup against Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of this "Nutmeg Isle", led to Bishop's death
  • Sighted by Columbus in 1498, this island is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg
  • Clint in "Heartbreak Ridge"
  • In October, U.S. forces led an invasion of this island Reagan said was about to become a Soviet-Cuban colony