Spain

See also: spáin, spàin, and 'spáin

English

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Location of Spain in the Iberian peninsula.

Alternative forms

• Spayen (obsolete)

Etymology

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Latin Hispānia

Old French Espaignebor.

Middle English Spayne

English Spain

From Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia. Doublet of Hispania.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /speɪn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /spæɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Spain

2. A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
   • 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.

3. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Spanish ancestry.

Hyponyms

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

Related terms

• Hispanic
• Spaniard
• Spanish

Descendants

• → Burmese: စပိန် (ca.pin)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: स्पेन (spen)
• → Japanese: スペイン (Supein)
• → Korean: 스페인 (seupein)
• → Marathi: स्पेन (spen)
• → Thai: สเปน (sà-bpeen)

Translations

country in Europe

• Abaza: Испания (Ispanija)
• Abkhaz: Еспаниа (Espʼanja)
• Acehnese: Seupanyo
• Adyghe: Испание (Jispanije)
• Afrikaans: Spanje (af)
• Albanian: Spanjë f, Spanja (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ስጳንያ (səp̣anya)
• Antillean Creole: Èspagn f, Èspangn f
• Arabic: إِسْبَانِيَة (ar) f (ʔisbāniya), إِسْبَانِيَا (ar) f (ʔisbāniyā), أَسْبَانِيَا f (ʔasbāniyā)

  Gulf Arabic: اسبانيا (ʔəsbanyə)

  Hijazi Arabic: إسبانيا (ʔisbānya),

• Armenian: Իսպանիա (hy) (Ispania)
• Aromanian: Ispania
• Assamese: স্পেইন (spein)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܣܦܵܢܝܼܵܐ (ispaniya)
• Asturian: España (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: İspaniya (az)
• Bashkir: Испания (İspaniya)
• Basque: Espainia (eu)
• Belarusian: Іспа́нія f (Ispánija), Гішпа́нія f (Hišpánija) (Taraškevica)
• Bengali: স্পেন (bn) (spen)
• Breton: Spagn (br), Bro-Spagn (br)
• Bulgarian: Испа́ния (bg) f (Ispánija)
• Burmese: စပိန် (ca.pin)
• Buryat: Испани (Ispani)
• Caló: Sesé
• Carpathian Rusyn: Іспа́нія f (Ispánija)
• Catalan: Espanya (ca) f
• Chechen: Испани (İspani)
• Cherokee: ᏍᏆᏂᏱ (squaniyi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西班牙 (sai¹ baan¹ ngaa⁴)

  Hokkien: 西班牙 (Se-pan-gâ)

  Mandarin: 西班牙 (zh) (Xībānyá)

• Chuvash: Испани (Ispani)
• Crimean Tatar: İspaniya
• Czech: Španělsko (cs) n
• Danish: Spanien (da)
• Dhivehi: ސްޕެއިން (spein̊)
• Dutch: Spanje (nl) n
• Dzongkha: སིཔཱེན (sipēn)
• Esperanto: Hispanio (eo), Hispanujo (eo)
• Estonian: Hispaania (et)
• Farefare: Ispania, Sɛpaŋɔ
• Faroese: Spania n
• Finnish: Espanja (fi)
• French: Espagne (fr) f
• Friulian: Spagne f
• Galician: España (gl) f
• Georgian: ესპანეთი (ka) (esṗaneti)

  Old Georgian: სპანიაჲ (sṗaniay)

• German: Spanien (de) n

  Alemannic German: Schpanië

• Greek: Ισπανία (el) f (Ispanía)

  Ancient: Ἱσπανία f (Hispanía), Σπανία f (Spanía)

• Guaraní: Epáña
• Guianese Creole: Èspangn f
• Gujarati: સ્પેન (spen)
• Haitian Creole: Espay f
• Hausa: Sipen, Sipaniya
• Hawaiian: Sepania
• Hebrew: סְפָרַד (he) f (s'farád), אַסְפַּמְיָא f (aspámya) (Talmudic)
• Hindi: स्पेन (hi) m (spen), इस्पैन m (ispain)
• Hungarian: Spanyolország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Spanje n
• Icelandic: Spánn (is) m
• Ido: Hispania (io)
• Indonesian: Spanyol (id)
• Interlingua: Espania (ia)
• Irish: An Spáinn (ga) f
• Italian: Spagna (it) f
• Japanese: スペイン (ja) (Supein), 西班牙 (ja) (Supein) (obsolete)
• Kabardian: Испание (Jispanije)
• Kannada: ಸ್ಪೇನ್ (kn) (spēn)
• Kashubian: Szpańskô n
• Kazakh: Испания (kk) (İspaniä)
• Khmer: អេស្ប៉ាញ (km) (ʼeespaañ)
• Komi-Permyak: Эспання (Espanńa)
• Korean: 스페인 (ko) (Seupein), 서반아(西班牙) (ko) (Seobana) (obsolete), 에스파냐 (ko) (Eseupanya), 에스빠냐 (ko) (Eseuppanya) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئیسپانیا (îspanya)

  Northern Kurdish: Spanya (ku), Sipanya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Испания (ky) (İspaniya)
• Lao: ເອັສປາຍ (lo) (ʼet pāi), ແອສະປາຍ (ʼǣ sa pāi), ສະເປນ (sa pēn), ແອັດສະປາຍ (ʼæt sa pāi)
• Latin: Hispania (la) f
• Latvian: Spānija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Ispanija (lt) f
• Livonian: Spāņmō
• Luxembourgish: Spuenien (lb) n
• Macedonian: Шпанија (mk) f (Španija)
• Malay: Sepanyol (ms)
• Malayalam: സ്പെയിൻ (ml) (speyiṉ)
• Maltese: Spanja f
• Maori: Peina, Pāniora
• Marathi: स्पेन (spen)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Испани (mn) (Ispani)

  Mongolian: ᠢᠰᠫᠠᠨᠢ (ispani)

• Nahuatl: Caxtillān
• Navajo: Dibé diníí bikéyah
• Norman: Espangne f
• Northern Sami: Spánia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Spania (no) n

  Nynorsk: Spania (nn) n

• Occitan: Espanha (oc) f
• Odia: ସ୍ପେନ (spena)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Їспанїꙗ f (Ispanija)

• Old English: Ispania f
• Old Norse: Ispanía, Ispaníaland n, Spánn m, Spánland n, Spánaland n, Spanía n, Spaníaland n
• Old Occitan: Espagna
• Ottoman Turkish: اسپانیا (ispanya)
• Papiamentu: Spaña
• Pashto: اسپانيا f (aspānyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: هِسْپَانِیَه

  Iranian Persian: اِسْپانِیا (fa) (espâniyâ)

• Plautdietsch: Spanien (nds) n
• Polish: Hiszpania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Espanha (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸਪੇਨ (sapen)

• Quechua: Ispaña
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: Espanes m

  Sinte Romani: španja f, španatiko them

• Romanian: Spania (ro) f
• Romansch: Spagna f, Spogna f
• Russian: Испа́ния (ru) f (Ispánija), Гишпа́ния (ru) f (Gišpánija) (archaic)
• Sardinian: Ispagna f
• Scots: Spainie, Spain
• Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шпа̑нија f, Шпа̀њо̄лска̄ f

  Roman: Špȃnija (sh) f, Špànjōlskā (sh) f

• Sicilian: Spagna f
• Silesian: Szpańijo f
• Sinhalese: ස්පාඤ්ඤය (spāññaya)
• Slovak: Španielsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Špánija (sl) f
• Spanish: España (es) f
• Swahili: Hispania (sw)
• Swedish: Spanien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Espanya (tl)
• Tajik: Испониё (tg) (Isponiyo), Испания (tg) (Ispaniya)
• Tamil: ஸ்பெயின் (speyiṉ), எசுப்பானியா (ecuppāṉiyā)
• Tatar: Испания (İspaniyä)
• Telugu: స్పెయిన (speyina)
• Tetum: Espanya
• Thai: สเปน (th) (sà-bpeen)
• Tibetan: ཞི་པན་ཡ (zhi pan ya)
• Tigrinya: ስጳኛ (səp̣aña)
• Tongan: Sepeni
• Turkish: İspanya (tr)
• Turkmen: Ispaniýa
• Ukrainian: Іспа́нія (uk) f (Ispánija), Еспанія (uk) f (Espanija)
• Urdu: ہَسْپانِیَہ m (haspāniya), اَسْپین m (aspen), سْپین m (spen)
• Uyghur: ئىسپانىيە (ispaniye)
• Uzbek: Ispaniya (uz)
• Venetan: Spagna f
• Vietnamese: Tây Ban Nha (vi) (西班牙), Y Pha Nho (vi) (伊坡伩) (archaic)
• Volapük: Spanyän (vo)
• Welsh: Sbaen (cy) f
• West Frisian: Spanje (fy) n
• Yiddish: שפּאַניע f (shpanye)
• Yoruba: Sipani
• Zhuang: Sihbanhyaz

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world

Anagrams

• aspin, spina, SPINA, PAINs, Pains, PAINS, pains, nipas, pinas, ispán, piñas, NSAPI, pisan, IP SAN, Pisan