Worth knowing
Grenada
Nutmeg is not native to Grenada: it comes from the spice islands of Indonesia and reached the island in the 1800s. It did so well that a nutmeg now sits on the national flag.
Five things to know about Grenada
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Grenada, in the southeastern Caribbean, north of Trinidad and south of Saint Vincent. See Grenada on a map.
- Its name is one letter away from a famous city in Spain, and its capital is St George's.
- It is nicknamed the Spice Isle, for the nutmeg and mace it grows.
- A bay here holds what is widely called the world's first underwater sculpture park.
- The fruit on this island's flag gives the world two spices: one from its seed, one from the seed's coat.