Espanha

Espanha
Meaning

  1. (feminine) Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula; official name: Reino de Espanha)
  2. (feminine,obsolete,plural-normally,poetic) Iberian Peninsula

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
Es‧pa‧nha
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Espanha (“Iberian Peninsula”), from Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”). Doublet of Hispânia.

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