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Spain (spān)

country in SW Europe, on the Iberian peninsula: 190,191 sq mi (492,593 sq km); pop. 38,872,000; cap. Madrid

Etymology: ME Spaine, aphetic < Anglo-Fr Espaigne < OFr < LL Spania, for L Hispania (prob. infl. by Gr Spania)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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