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Espanha
Espanha
Old Provençal
Etymology
From Latin Hispānia. Compare Old Spanish Espanna and Old Portuguese Espanna.
Proper noun
Espanha f (nominative singular Espanha)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese Espanna (“Iberian Peninsula”), from Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʃˈpɐ.ɲɐ/
Proper noun
Espanha f
- Spain (a country in southwestern Europe)
- (obsolete or poetic) Iberian Peninsula