English
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Location of Spain in the Iberian peninsula.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English Spayne , from Anglo-Norman Espayne , from Late Latin Spania , from earlier Latin Hispānia , from Ancient Greek Ἱσπανία ( Hispanía ) (see Latin Hispānia for more). Doublet of Hispanic .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Spain
A country in Europe , including most of the Iberian peninsula . Official name : Kingdom of Spain
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.
An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Spanish ancestry .
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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 ( isbānya ) , إسپانيا ( ispānya )
Armenian: Իսպանիա (hy) ( Ispania )
Aromanian: Ispania
Assamese: স্পেইন ( spein )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܣܦܵܢܝܼܵܐ ( ispaniya )
Asturian: España (ast) f
Azerbaijani: İspaniya (az)
Bashkir: Испания ( Espaneya )
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
Catalan: Espanya (ca) f
Chechen: Испани ( İspani )
Cherokee: ᏍᏆᏂᏱ ( squaniyi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 西班牙 ( sai1 baan1 ngaa4 )
Mandarin: 西班牙 (zh) ( Xībānyá )
Min Nan: 西班牙 ( Se-pan-gâ )
Chuvash: Испани ( Ispani )
Crimean Tatar: İspaniya
Czech: Španělsko (cs) n
Danish: Spanien (da) n
Dhivehi: ސްޕެއިން ( spein̊ )
Dutch: Spanje (nl) n
Dzongkha: སིཔཱེན ( sipēn )
Esperanto: Hispanio (eo) , Hispanujo (eo)
Estonian: Hispaania (et)
Farefare: 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 )
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 ) , 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 )
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
Malayalam: സ്പെയിൻ (ml) ( speyiṉ )
Maltese: Spanja f
Maori: Peina , Peina
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 ( spenô )
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 )
Pashto: اسپانيا f ( aspānyā )
Persian: اِسْپانِیا (fa) ( espâniyâ ) , هسپانیه ( hespâniye ) ( Dari )
Plautdietsch: Spanien (nds) n
Polish: Hiszpania (pl) f
Portuguese: Espanha (pt) f
Punjabi: 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 )
Rusyn: Іспа́нія f ( Ispánija )
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 ( İspaniya )
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 )
Urdu: ہَسْپانِیَہ m ( haspāniyā ) , اسپین m ( aspen ) , سپین m ( spen )
Uyghur: ئىسپانىيە ( ispaniye )
Uzbek: Ispaniya (uz)
Venetian: 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 ) country 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
IP SAN , PAINS , PAINs , Pains , Pisan , aspin , nipas , pains , pinas , piñas , spina