Espanna

Old Galician-Portuguese

Proper noun

Espanna f

Alternative spelling of Espanha

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

España

Etymology

From Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese Espanha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈpaɲa/

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

Descendants

Ladino: Espanya / איספאנײה
Spanish: España (see there for further descendants)

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