Spa
English
Etymology
The town name is from Walloon espa (“fountain, spring”), which could be from Latin spargere (“to spread, scatter”) or spatium (“free space”).
Proper noun
Spa
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Dictionnaire des noms de lieux en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Jean-Jacques Jespers, 2005, éd. Racine
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Spa ?
Derived terms
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- nl:Cities in Belgium