Spain

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Spain

/speɪn/ UK, US
/spæɪn/ Australia
/spen/ Scotland
/spein/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun 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[…]
An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Spanish ancestry.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: espana, portugal, ecuador, sweden, netherlands, denmark, finland, madagascar, switzerland, belgium, estonia, france, italy, austria, slovenia, nigeria

Translations

Every language

name country in Europe

Español	España
한국어	스페인 Seupein, 에스파냐 Eseupanya
日本語	スペイン Supein, 西班牙 Supein
中文	西班牙 Xībānyá
हिन्दी	स्पेन spen, इस्पैन ispain, हस्पानिया haspāniyā
Kiswahili	Hispania
Português	Espanha
Français	Espagne
Deutsch	Spanien
Italiano	Spagna
Ελληνικά	Ισπανία Ispanía
Română	Spania
Русский	Испа́ния Ispánija, Гишпа́ния Gišpánija
Tiếng Việt	Tây Ban Nha, Y Pha Nho
العربية	إِسْبَانِيَة ʔisbāniya, إِسْبَانِيَا ʔisbāniyā, أَسْبَانِيَا ʔasbāniyā
עברית	סְפָרַד s'farád, אַסְפַּמְיָא aspámya

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"Spain." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spain. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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@misc{spain_2026,
  title = {Spain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}