Meanings
alternative Spayen
- A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
The mountains of Spain consist of parallel ranges, running from east to west[…]
1865, James Stuart Laurie, editor, Manual of Elementary Geography, page 402 more examples
Spain fought with France constantly from 1494 through the 1540s, especially over Italy.
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 Society, volume 5), page 34Police in eastern Spain have arrested three people and seized 11 litres of ayahuasca, 117 San Pedro cactus plants and several bottles of toad poison after raiding two rural properties that were used to host lucrative spiritual retreats promising “astral journeys”.
2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
- LatinHispānia
- Old FrenchEspaigne
- Middle EnglishSpayne
- EnglishSpain
From Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia. Displaced Old English Ispania, which was borrowed directly from Latin. Doublet of Hispania.
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Afrikaans Spanje
- Spanjecountry in Europe
Ancient Greek Ἱσπανία, Σπανία
- Ἱσπανία (Hispanía)country in Europe
- Σπανία (Spanía)country in Europe
Arabic إِسْبَانِيَة, إِسْبَانِيَا
- إِسْبَانِيَة (ʔisbāniya)country in Europe
- إِسْبَانِيَا (ʔisbāniyā)country in Europe
- أَسْبَانِيَا (ʔasbāniyā)country in Europe
Basque Espainia
- Espainiacountry in Europe
Bengali স্পেন
- স্পেন (spen)country in Europe
Bulgarian Испа́ния
- Испа́ния (Ispánija)country in Europe
Catalan Espanya
- Espanyacountry in Europe
Chinese Cantonese 西班牙
- 西班牙 (sai¹ baan¹ ngaa⁴)country in Europe
Chinese Mandarin 西班牙
- 西班牙 (Xībānyá)country in Europe
Czech Španělsko
- Španělskocountry in Europe
Danish Spanien
- Spaniencountry in Europe
Dutch Spanje
- Spanjecountry in Europe
Esperanto Hispanio, Hispanujo
- Hispaniocountry in Europe
- Hispanujocountry in Europe
Estonian Hispaania
- Hispaaniacountry in Europe
Finnish Espanja
- Espanjacountry in Europe
French Espagne
- Espagnecountry in Europe
German Spanien
- Spaniencountry in Europe
Greek Ισπανία
- Ισπανία (Ispanía)country in Europe
Hawaiian Sepania
- Sepaniacountry in Europe
Hebrew סְפָרַד, אַסְפַּמְיָא
- סְפָרַד (s'farád)country in Europe
- אַסְפַּמְיָא (aspámya)country in Europe
Hindi स्पेन, इस्पैन
- स्पेन (spen)country in Europe
- इस्पैन (ispain)country in Europe
- हस्पानिया (haspāniyā)country in Europe
Hungarian Spanyolország
- Spanyolországcountry in Europe
Icelandic Spánn
- Spánncountry in Europe
Indonesian Spanyol
- Spanyolcountry in Europe
Irish An Spáinn
- An Spáinncountry in Europe
Italian Spagna
- Spagnacountry in Europe
Japanese スペイン, 西班牙
- スペイン (Supein)country in Europe
- 西班牙 (Supein)country in Europe
Korean 스페인, 에스파냐
- 스페인 (Seupein)country in Europe
- 에스파냐 (Eseupanya)country in Europe
- 에스빠냐 (Eseuppanya)country in Europe
Latin Hispānia
- Hispāniacountry in Europe
Latvian Spānija
- Spānijacountry in Europe
Lithuanian Ispanija
- Ispanijacountry in Europe
Malay Sepanyol
- Sepanyolcountry in Europe
Māori Peina, Pāniora
- Peinacountry in Europe
- Pānioracountry in Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Spania
- Spaniacountry in Europe
Polish Hiszpania
- Hiszpaniacountry in Europe
Portuguese Espanha
- Espanhacountry in Europe
Punjabi ਸਪੇਨ
- ਸਪੇਨ (sapen)country in Europe
Romanian Spania
- Spaniacountry in Europe
Russian Испа́ния, Гишпа́ния
- Испа́ния (Ispánija)country in Europe
- Гишпа́ния (Gišpánija)country in Europe
Scottish Gaelic An Spàinn
- An Spàinncountry in Europe
Slovak Španielsko
- Španielskocountry in Europe
Spanish España
- Españacountry in Europe
Swahili Hispania
- Hispaniacountry in Europe
Swedish Spanien
- Spaniencountry in Europe
Tagalog Espanya
- Espanyacountry in Europe
Tamil ஸ்பெயின், எசுப்பானியா
- ஸ்பெயின் (speyiṉ)country in Europe
- எசுப்பானியா (ecuppāṉiyā)country in Europe
Thai สเปน
- สเปน (sà-bpeen)country in Europe
Turkish İspanya
- İspanyacountry in Europe
Ukrainian Іспа́нія, Еспанія
- Іспа́нія (Ispánija)country in Europe
- Еспанія (Espanija)country in Europe
Urdu ہَسْپانِیَہ, اَسْپین
- ہَسْپانِیَہ (haspāniya)country in Europe
- اَسْپین (aspen)country in Europe
- سْپین (spen)country in Europe
Vietnamese Tây Ban Nha, Y Pha Nho
- Tây Ban Nhacountry in Europe
- Y Pha Nhocountry in Europe
Welsh Sbaen
- Sbaencountry in Europe
Yiddish שפּאַניע
- שפּאַניע (shpanye)country in Europe
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Cite this entry
Spain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spain
“Spain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spain. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spain.
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