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Gran Canaria(tourism)
Gran Canaria(dictionary)
Gran Chaco(encyclopedia)
Gran (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
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Hospital Gran Via(health)
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Gran Colombia (sh)




Former South American republic (1822-30).

Formerly the Viceroyalty of New Granada, it included roughly the modern nations of Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Gran Colombia was formed in 1819 during the war for independence from Spain, with its capital at Bogota. Revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar was its creator and first president. Gran Colombia had a vigorous existence during the war, becoming independent in 1822, but it was dissolved with the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador in 1830.