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Definition of Spain
1. Noun. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power.
Geographical relationships: Auto-da-fe, Spanish Civil War, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Paella, Sangaree, Sangria, Basque Fatherland And Liberty, Basque Homeland And Freedom, Eta, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, First Of October Antifascist Resistance Group, Grapo, Amigo, Conquistador, Criollo, Don Juan, Duenna, Grand Inquisitor
Group relationships: Common Market, Ec, Eec, Eu, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Terms within: Andalucia, Andalusia, Capital Of Spain, Madrid, Spanish Capital, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Canaries, Canary Islands, Barcelona, Cadiz, Cartagena, Cordoba, Cordova, Jerez, Jerez De La Frontera, Leon, Malaga, Oviedo, San Sebastian, Sevilla, Seville, Toledo, Aragon, Saragossa, Zaragoza, Castile, Castilla, Catalonia, Galicia, Valencia, Lusitania, Cantabrian Mountains, Cape Trafalgar, Ebro, Ebro River, Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada, Tagus, Tagus River
Generic synonyms: European Country, European Nation
Group relationships: Iberia, Iberian Peninsula, Europe
Specialized synonyms: Logrono
Member holonyms: Basque, Spaniard
Definition of Spain
1. Proper noun. A country in Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spain
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spain
Literary usage of Spain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southern Neighbors by William R. Shepherd (1919)
"spain had the lion's share, but Portugal held Brazil, in itself a vast land of
unsuspected resources. No empire mankind had ever yet known rivaled in size ..."
2. Spanish Papers by Washington Irving (1895)
"Consternation of spain—Conduct of the Conquerors —Missives between Taric and Muza.
THE overthrow of King Roderick and his army on the banks of the Guadalete ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"Kingdom of the Visigoths— Conquest of spain by the Moors — Gradual Revival ...
IHE history of spain during the middle ages CHAP. ought to commence with the ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"THE overthrow of King Roderick aiid his army on the banks of the Guadalete, threw
open all southern spain to the inroads of the Moslems. ..."
5. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1816)
"\Ve are induced to believe tha it was a voluntary act U arose from a thought
whic] the example of his predecessors would readily suggest toa king of spain. ..."
6. The Spanish People: Their Origin, Growth, and Influence by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1901)
"... REPUBLICAN spain The Phoenicians in spain—The Iberians—Primitive civilization—The
influence of the Greeks—The Carthaginians—The Punic wars in spain—The ..."
7. The Spanish People: Their Origin, Growth, and Influence by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1911)
"... REPUBLICAN spain The Phoenicians in spain—The Iberians—Primitive civilization—The
influence of the Greeks—The Carthaginians—The Punic wars in spain—The ..."
8. The Spanish People: Their Origin, Growth, and Influence by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1901)
"... REPUBLICAN spain The Phoenicians in spain—The Iberians—Primitive civilization—The
influence of the Greeks—The Carthaginians—The Punic wars in spain—The ..."
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