Hispania

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See also: Hispània and Hispânia

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Hispānia. Doublet of Spain.

Proper noun

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Hispania

  1. (historical) The Iberian Peninsula, when under the control of Ancient Rome.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin Hispānia. Doublet of Espanja.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhispɑniɑ/, [ˈhis̠pɑ̝ˌniɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): His‧pa‧ni‧a

Proper noun

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Hispania

  1. (historical) Hispania
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of Espanja (Spain) [late 18th–19th c.]
    • 1775 September, Suomalaiset Tieto-Sanomat[1], Turku: J[ohan]. C[hristopher]. Frenckell, page 4 (verso):
      Hiſpanian Waltakunnalla on myoͤs Sota [] Marokkon ja Alſirin Waltoja waſtan.
      [Hispanian valtakunnalla on myös sota [] Marokon ja Alsirin [Algeerian] valtoja vastaan.]
      The Kingdom of Spain too has a War, [] against the States of Morocco and Algeria.
    • 1872, A[lexander]. Ed[vard]. Modeen, translated by A[leksanteri]. Rahkonen, Oppikirja Maantieteessä [Geography Textbook]‎[2], Vyborg: Clouberg & Co, page 111:
      Madrid, Hispanian pääkaupunki,
      [Madrid, Hispanian pääkaupunki,]
      Madrid, the capital of Spain,
    • 1895 August 23, Uudenkaupungin Sanomat, Uusikaupunki, →ISSN, page 3:
      W. 1854 tarjoſiwat Yhdyswallat Kuban ſaaresta Hispanialle 120 milj. dollaria
      [V. 1854 tarjosivat Yhdysvallat Kuuban saaresta Hispanialle 120 miljoonaa dollaria]
      In 1854, the United States offered Spain 120 million dollars for the island of Cuba

Declension

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Inflection of Hispania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Hispania
genitive Hispanian
partitive Hispaniaa
illative Hispaniaan
singular plural
nominative Hispania
accusative nom. Hispania
gen. Hispanian
genitive Hispanian
partitive Hispaniaa
inessive Hispaniassa
elative Hispaniasta
illative Hispaniaan
adessive Hispanialla
ablative Hispanialta
allative Hispanialle
essive Hispaniana
translative Hispaniaksi
abessive Hispaniatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Hispania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Hispaniani
accusative nom. Hispaniani
gen. Hispaniani
genitive Hispaniani
partitive Hispaniaani
inessive Hispaniassani
elative Hispaniastani
illative Hispaniaani
adessive Hispaniallani
ablative Hispanialtani
allative Hispanialleni
essive Hispanianani
translative Hispaniakseni
abessive Hispaniattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Hispaniasi
accusative nom. Hispaniasi
gen. Hispaniasi
genitive Hispaniasi
partitive Hispaniaasi
inessive Hispaniassasi
elative Hispaniastasi
illative Hispaniaasi
adessive Hispaniallasi
ablative Hispanialtasi
allative Hispaniallesi
essive Hispanianasi
translative Hispaniaksesi
abessive Hispaniattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Hispaniamme
accusative nom. Hispaniamme
gen. Hispaniamme
genitive Hispaniamme
partitive Hispaniaamme
inessive Hispaniassamme
elative Hispaniastamme
illative Hispaniaamme
adessive Hispaniallamme
ablative Hispanialtamme
allative Hispaniallemme
essive Hispanianamme
translative Hispaniaksemme
abessive Hispaniattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Hispanianne
accusative nom. Hispanianne
gen. Hispanianne
genitive Hispanianne
partitive Hispaniaanne
inessive Hispaniassanne
elative Hispaniastanne
illative Hispaniaanne
adessive Hispaniallanne
ablative Hispanialtanne
allative Hispaniallenne
essive Hispaniananne
translative Hispaniaksenne
abessive Hispaniattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Hispaniansa
accusative nom. Hispaniansa
gen. Hispaniansa
genitive Hispaniansa
partitive Hispaniaansa
inessive Hispaniassaan
Hispaniassansa
elative Hispaniastaan
Hispaniastansa
illative Hispaniaansa
adessive Hispaniallaan
Hispaniallansa
ablative Hispanialtaan
Hispanialtansa
allative Hispanialleen
Hispaniallensa
essive Hispanianaan
Hispanianansa
translative Hispaniakseen
Hispaniaksensa
abessive Hispaniattaan
Hispaniattansa
instructive
comitative

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Hispania, Hispanian, Hispanic, French Hispanie, hispanique, Spanish hispano, hispánico, ultimately from Latin Hispānia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hispania

  1. Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

Derived terms

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See also

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Traditionally thought to derive from a Phoenician/Punic name *𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤍 (*ʾyšpn /⁠*ʔī šap̄ān⁠/, literally island of the hyrax), with elements equivalent to Hebrew אִי (ʔī, island) and שָׁפָן (šap̄ā́n, hyrax), where the Phoenicians would have thought the land's many rabbits to resemble hyraxes. This theory had some currency among Roman authors,[1] and may explain why Hispania is depicted with rabbits on some Roman coins. But later scholars have sometimes doubted this interpretation[2] and proposed other possible Phoenician etyma, like *𐤀𐤉 𐤑𐤐𐤍 (*ʾy ṣpn /⁠*ʔī ṣappūn⁠/, literally island of the north).[3]

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Proper noun

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Hispānia f sg (genitive Hispāniae); first declension

  1. Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in Southern Europe)
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XXIX.1:
      Eadem aestate in Hispania coortum ingens bellum conciente Ilergete Indibili nulla alia de causa quam per admirationem Scipionis contemptu imperatorum aliorum orto: eum superesse unum ducem Romanis ceteris ab Hannibale interfectis.
      During this summer an extensive war broke out in Spain at the instigation of Indibilis, whose sole motive was his intense admiration for Scipio which made him think lightly of other commanders. The people looked upon him as the only general the Romans had left to them, all the others having been killed by Hannibal.
  2. (New Latin) Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hispānia
Genitive Hispāniae
Dative Hispāniae
Accusative Hispāniam
Ablative Hispāniā
Vocative Hispānia
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Simón, M. A., editor (2012), Ten years conserving the Iberian lynx, Junta de Andalucía, Seville: Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Ambiente, →ISBN, page 1950:
    Hispania, the name that the Romans gave to the peninsular, derives from the Phoenician i-spn-ya, where the prefix i would translate as “coast”, “island” or “land”, ya as “region” and spn[,] in Hebrew saphan, as “rabbits” (in reality, hyraxes). The Romans, therefore, gave Hispania the meaning of“land abundant in rabbits”, a use adopted by Cicero, Cesar, Pliny the Elder and, in particular, Catulo, who referred to Hispania as the cuniculus peninsula.
  2. ^ Azevedo, Milton (2005) Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction, →ISBN, page 6. He calls the rabbit theory "a charming legend [...of] a Phoenician name, i-shepham-im or 'land of rabbits'".
  3. ^ Dietler, Michael, López-Ruiz, Carolina (2009) Colonial Encounters in Ancient Iberia, →ISBN:
    Cunchillos 2000:224 [...] offers a new interpretation of the etymology of the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., Hispania, as derived from the Northwest Semitic word meaning “island/coast” ('i) and “north” (spn), therefore “northern island, island to the north,” or else “island of the metals (root spy/h, "beat metals", etc.). Both senses would fit well with geographic perceptions that the Iberian Peninsula might have triggered for the Phoenicians.

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hispania

  1. Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)
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