Spain

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Location of Spain in the Iberian peninsula.

Alternative forms

• Spayen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia, from Ancient Greek Ἱσπανία (Hispania), from Phoenician  (ay-shaphanim, literally “hyrax isle”), as the native wild rabbits were mistaken for hyraces.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /speɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Spain

1. A country in Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España).
   • 1865, James Stuart Laurie (editor), Manual of Elementary Geography, page 40

     The mountains of Spain consist of parallel ranges, running from east to west […]

   • 1999, Stephen P. Reyna, "The Force of Two Logics", in S. P. Reyna & R. E. Downs (editors), Deadly Developments: Capitalism, states and war (War and Scoiety, volume 5), page 34

     Spain fought with France constantly from 1494 through the 1540s, especially over Italy.

Hyponyms

• (country): Aragon, Asturias, Cantabria, Castile, Catalonia, Galicia, Valencia

Related terms

• Hispanic
• Spaniard
• Spanish

Translations

country in Europe

Abaza: Испания (Ispanija) Afrikaans: Spanje (af) Albanian: Spanja (sq) Amharic: ስጳንያ (am) (spanya) Arabic: إسبانية (ar) ('isbánya) f. Armenian: Իսպանիա (hy) (Ispania) Azeri: İspaniya (az) Bashkir: Испания (Ispanija) Basque: Espainia Belarusian: Іспанія (be) (Ispánija) f., Гішпанія (be) (Hišpánija) f. (Taraškevica orthography) Bengali: স্পেন (bn) (spen) Bosnian: Španija (bs) f. Breton: Spagn, Bro-Spagn Bulgarian: Испания (bg) (Ispánija) f. Burmese: စပိန်နိုင်ငံ (my) Catalan: Espanya f. Chechen: Испани (Ispani) Chinese: Mandarin: 西班牙 (cmn) (Xībānyă) Chuvash: Испани (Ispani) Crimean Tatar: İspaniya Croatian: Španjolska (hr) f. Czech: Španělsko (cs) n. Danish: Spanien (da) Dhivehi: ސްޕެއިން (Spe’in) Dutch: Spanje (nl) Esperanto: Hispanio (eo), Hispanujo (eo) Estonian: Hispaania (et) Faroese: Spania (fo) n. Finnish: Espanja (fi) French: Espagne (fr) f. Galician: España (gl) f. Georgian: ესპანეთი (ka) (espanet‘i) German: Spanien (de) n. Greek: Ισπανία (el) (Ispanía) f. Hebrew: ספרד (he) (sfarad) Hindi: स्पेन (hi) (spen), इस्पैन (hi) (ispen) Hungarian: Spanyolország (hu) Icelandic: Spánn (is) m. Indonesian: Spanyol (id) Interlingua: Espania (ia) Irish: An Spáinn (ga) f. Italian: Spagna (it) f. Japanese: スペイン (ja) (Supéin), 西班牙 (ja) (Supéin) (obsolete) Kabardian: Испание (Ispanie) Kashubian: Szpańskô Kazakh: Испания (kk) (Ispanija) Khmer: អេស្ប៉ាញ (km) (’ēspāña) Korean: 스페인 (ko) (Seupein) Kyrgyz: Испания (ky) (Ispanija)

Lao: ເອັສປາຍ (lo) Latin: Hispania (la) f. Latvian: Spānija (lv) f. Lithuanian: Ispanija (lt) f. Livonian: Spāņmō Luxembourgish: Spuenien (lb) n. Macedonian: Шпанија (mk) (Špánija) f. Malay: Sepanyol (ms) Maltese: Spanja (mt) Mongolian: Испани (mn) (Ispani) Navajo: Dibé diníí bikéyah Norwegian: Spania (no) Occitan: Espanha (oc) f. Old Norse: Ispanía, Ispaníaland n., Spánn m., Spánland n., Spánaland n., Spanía n., Spaníaland n. Old Provençal: Espagna Pashto: اسپانيا (ps) (Ispānyā) f. Persian: اسپانی (fa) (Espâni), اسپانیا (fa) (Espâniya) Dari: هسپانیه (fa) (Hespâniye) Polish: Hiszpania (pl) f. Portuguese: Espanha (pt) f. Quechua: Ispaña (qu) Romanian: Spania (ro) f. Romansch: Spagna (rm) f. Russian: Испания (ru) (Ispánija) f. Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinn f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Шпанија (sh) f. Roman: Španija (sh) f. Silesian: Szpańijo f. Sinhalese: ස්පාඤ්ඤය (si) (spāññaya) Slovak: Španielsko (sk) n. Slovene: Španija (sl) f. Spanish: España (es) f. Swahili: Uhispani (sw), Uspanya (sw) Swedish: Spanien (sv) Tagalog: Espanya (tl) Tajik: Испониё (tg) (Isponiyo) Tamil: ஸ்பெயின் (ta) (speyin) Telugu: స్పెయిన (te) (speyin) Thai: สเปน (th) (spēn), ประเทศสเปน (th) (bpràtêt sàbpen) Turkish: İspanya (tr) Turkmen: Ispaniýa (tk) Ukrainian: Іспанія (uk) (Ispánija) f. Urdu: سپین (ur) (spen), اسپین (ur) (ispen) Uyghur: ئىسپانىيە (Ispaniyä) Vietnamese: Tây Ban Nha (vi) Volapük: Spanyän Welsh: Sbaen (cy) f. Yiddish: שפּאַניע (yi) (shpanye)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Spain
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe) [edit]}
• Countries of the world

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