Spain

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Location of Spain in the Iberian peninsula.

Alternative forms

• Spayen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia, from Ancient Greek Ἱσπανία (Hispania), from Phoenician 𐤀𐤉-𐤔𐤀𐤐𐤀𐤍𐤉𐤌 (ay-shaphanim, literally “hyrax isle”), as the native wild rabbits were mistaken for hyraces.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /speɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Spain

1. A country in Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España).
   • 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.

Hyponyms

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

Related terms

• Hispanic
• Spaniard
• Spanish

Translations

country in Europe

• Abaza: Испания (Ispānija)
• Abkhaz: Еспаниа (Esṗāniā)
• Aceh: Seupanyo
• Afrikaans: Spanje (af)
• Albanian: Spanja (sq)
• Amharic: ስጳንያ (spanya)
• Arabic: إسبانية (ar) f ('isbánya)
• Armenian: Իսպանիա (hy) (Ispania)
• Asturian: España (ast) f
• Azeri: İspaniya (az)
• Bashkir: Испания (Ispanija)
• Basque: Espainia (eu)
• Belarusian: Іспанія f (Ispánija), Гішпанія f (Hišpánija) (Taraškevica orthography)
• Bengali: স্পেন (spen)
• Breton: Spagn (br), Bro-Spagn (br)
• Bulgarian: Испания (bg) f (Ispánija)
• Burmese: စပိန်နိုင်ငံ (sa̰pèĩ nàĩ ŋà̃), စပိန် (sa̰pèĩ)
• Catalan: Espanya (ca) f
• Chechen: Испани (Ispani)
• Cherokee: ᏍᏆᏂᏱ (Squaniyi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西班牙 (zh) (Xībānyă)

• Chuvash: Испани (Ispani)
• Crimean Tatar: İspaniya
• Czech: Španělsko (cs) n
• Danish: Spanien (da)
• Dhivehi: ސްޕެއިން (Spe’in)
• Dutch: Spanje (nl)
• Esperanto: Hispanio (eo), Hispanujo
• Estonian: Hispaania (et)
• Faroese: Spania n
• Finnish: Espanja (fi)
• French: Espagne (fr) f
• Galician: España (gl) f
• Georgian: ესპანეთი (ka) (espanet’i)
• German: Spanien (de) n
• Greek: Ισπανία (el) f (Ispanía)
• Hawaiian: Sepania
• Hebrew: ספרד (he) (sfarad)
• Hindi: स्पेन (hi) (spen), इस्पैन (ispen)
• Hungarian: Spanyolország (hu)
• Icelandic: Spánn (is) m
• Indonesian: Spanyol
• Interlingua: Espania (ia)
• Irish: An Spáinn f
• Italian: Spagna (it) f
• Japanese: スペイン (ja) (Supéin), 西班牙 (ja) (Supéin) (obsolete)
• Jèrriais: Espangne f
• Kabardian: Испание (Ispanie)
• Kashubian: Szpańskô
• Kazakh: Испания (Ïspanïya)
• Khmer: អេស្ប៉ាញ (’ēspāña)
• Korean: 스페인 (ko) (Seupein)
• Kyrgyz: Испания (Ispaniya)

• Lao: ສະເປນ (Sàpen)
• Latin: Hispania (la) f
• Latvian: Spānija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Ispanija (lt) f
• Livonian: Spāņmō
• Luxembourgish: Spuenien (lb) n
• Macedonian: Шпанија (mk) f (Špánija)
• Malay: Sepanyol
• Maltese: Spanja
• Maori: Peina, Peina
• Mongolian: Испани (Ispani)
• Nahuatl: Caxtillān
• Navajo: Dibé diníí bikéyah
• Norwegian: Spania (no)
• Occitan: Espanha (oc) f
• Old Norse: Ispanía, Ispaníaland n, Spánn m, Spánland n, Spánaland n, Spanía n, Spaníaland n
• Old Provençal: Espagna
• Ottoman Turkish: اسپانیا (İspanya)
• Pashto: اسپانيا f (Ispānyā)
• Persian: اسپانیا (fa) (Espâniya)

  Dari: هسپانیه (Hespâniye)

• Polish: Hiszpania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Espanha (pt) f
• Quechua: Ispaña
• Romanian: Spania (ro) f
• Romansch: Spagna f
• Russian: Испания (ru) f (Ispánija)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шпанија f

  Roman: Španija f, Španjolska f

• Silesian: Szpańijo f
• Sinhalese: ස්පාඤ්ඤය (spāññaya)
• Slovak: Španielsko n
• Slovene: Špánija f
• Spanish: España (es) f
• Swahili: Uhispani (sw), Uspanya
• Swedish: Spanien (sv)
• Tagalog: Espanya (tl)
• Tajik: Испониё (tg) (Isponiyo)
• Tamil: ஸ்பெயின் (speyin)
• Telugu: స్పెయిన (speyin)
• Tetum: Espanya
• Thai: สเปน (th) (spēn), ประเทศสเปน (th) (bpràtêt sàbpen)
• Turkish: İspanya (tr)
• Turkmen: Ispaniýa
• Ukrainian: Іспанія (uk) f (Ispánija)
• Urdu: سپین (spen), اسپین (ispen)
• Uyghur: ئىسپانىيە (Ispaniyä)
• Vietnamese: Tây Ban Nha (vi) (西班牙), Y Pha Nho (vi) (伊坡伩) (archaic)
• Volapük: Spanyän (vo)
• Welsh: Sbaen (cy) f
• Yiddish: שפּאַניע (shpanye)

See also

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

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