Espanha
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Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Provençal Espanha, from Latin Hispānia.
Proper noun[edit]
Espanha f
Old Provençal[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Hispānia. Compare Old Spanish Espanna and Old Portuguese Espanna.
Proper noun[edit]
Espanha f (nominative singular Espanha)
Derived terms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese Espanna (“Iberian Peninsula”), from Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Espanha f
- Spain (a country in southwestern Europe)
- (obsolete or poetic) Iberian Peninsula
Usage notes[edit]
In European usage, Espanha belongs to a small group of place names (along with França, Inglaterra and Itália) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em Espanha.
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Occitan terms inherited from Old Provençal
- Occitan terms derived from Old Provençal
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan proper nouns
- oc:Countries
- Old Provençal terms derived from Latin
- Old Provençal lemmas
- Old Provençal proper nouns
- pro:Countries
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Punic
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Countries of Europe
- Portuguese terms with obsolete senses
- Portuguese poetic terms
