Espanna
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Proper noun
Espanna f
- Alternative spelling of Espanha
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Espanna f
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese Espanha.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Espanna f
- the Iberian Peninsula
- 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora (Milagro XIX - Un parto maravilloso):
- En Greçia e en Africa, e en toda Espanna.
- In Greece and in Africa, and in the entire Iberian Peninsula
- 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora (Milagro XIX - Un parto maravilloso):
Descendants
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