گریناڈا کا [[عربی زبان]] میں تاریخی نام '''غرناطة''' تھا۔[15][16][17][18] {{sfn|RingSalkinLa Boda|1995|p=296}}{{sfn|Room|2006|p=149}}{{sfn|Dale|1882}}{{sfn|El Hareir|2011|p=454}} لفظ (Gárnata یا کرناٹا) کا ممکنہ طور پر مطلب "اجنبیوں کی پہاڑی" ہے. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Baynes |first1=Thomas Spencer |title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature |date=1891 |publisher=M. Sommerville |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-fDwP6TY4kC |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|41}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Everett-Heath |first1=John |title=The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names |date=13 September 2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-256243-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVRuDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
