Spain
/speɪn/
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Australia/spæɪn/
Spain proper noun: a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
Proper noun
Spain
- 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[…]1865, James Stuart Laurie, editor, Manual of Elementary Geography, page 40
- Spain fought with France constantly from 1494 through the 1540s, especially over Italy.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 Society, volume 5), page 34
- An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Spanish ancestry.
Spain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Spain in Hindi
- country in Europe
- स्पेन spen, इस्पैन ispain, हस्पानिया haspāniyā
Spain in Tamil
- country in Europe
- ஸ்பெயின் speyiṉ, எசுப்பானியா ecuppāṉiyā
Spain in Marathi
- country in Europe
- स्पेन spen
Spain in Urdu
- country in Europe
- ہَسْپانِیَہ haspāniya, اَسْپین aspen, سْپین spen
More languagesFewer languages
- Spain in Bengali
- স্পেন spen
- Spain in Telugu
- స్పెయిన speyina
- Spain in Malayalam
- സ്പെയിൻ speyiṉ
- Spain in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪೇನ್ spēn
- Spain in Punjabi
- ਸਪੇਨ sapen
- Spain in Gujarati
- સ્પેન spen
- Spain in Odia
- ସ୍ପେନ spena
- Spain in Sinhala
- ස්පාඤ්ඤය spāññaya
- Spain in Assamese
- স্পেইন spein
- Spain in Pashto
- اسپانيا aspānyā
- Spain in Tagalog
- Espanya
- Spain in Arabic
- إِسْبَانِيَة ʔisbāniya, إِسْبَانِيَا ʔisbāniyā, أَسْبَانِيَا ʔasbāniyā
- Spain in Malay
- Sepanyol
- Spain in Indonesian
- Spanyol
- Spain in Thai
- สเปน sà-bpeen
- Spain in Vietnamese
- Tây Ban Nha, Y Pha Nho
- Spain in Myanmar
- စပိန် ca.pin
- Dhivehi
- ސްޕެއިން spein̊
- Dzongkha
- སིཔཱེན sipēn
Forms of Spain
| alternative form | Spayen |
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Origin of Spain
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.
Phrases with Spain
Words that rhyme with Spain
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
Questions about Spain
- What does Spain mean?
- Spain means a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
- What is Spain in Hindi?
- Spain in Hindi is स्पेन (spen), इस्पैन (ispain), हस्पानिया (haspāniyā). See Spain meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Spain?
- Spain is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Spain?
- Spain is pronounced /speɪn/ (UK).
Words near Spain in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Spain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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