Espanna
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Espanna f
- the Iberian Peninsula
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 385 (facsimile):
- os mouros d[e] eſpann[a] e os aflicaos.
- the Moors of Iberia and of Africa
- os mouros d[e] eſpann[a] e os aflicaos.
Descendants
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Espanna f
- the Iberian Peninsula
- 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora (Milagro XIX - Un parto maravilloso):
- En Greçia e en Africa, e en toda Espanna.
- In Greece and in Africa, and in the entire Iberian Peninsula
- En Greçia e en Africa, e en toda Espanna.
- 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora (Milagro XIX - Un parto maravilloso):
Descendants
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- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Punic
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas
- Old Galician-Portuguese proper nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese feminine nouns
- Old Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Old Spanish terms derived from Punic
- Old Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Spanish lemmas
- Old Spanish proper nouns
- Old Spanish feminine nouns