Spain

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• Spayen (obsolete)

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.

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

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.

   • 2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Police 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”.

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

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

• Hispanic
• Spaniard
• Spanish

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

• Countries of the world

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