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spain

/speɪn/

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What does spain mean?

proper noun

  1. A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
  2. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Spanish ancestry.

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Monasticism, such as it existed in Spain, and such as it still exists in Thibet, is a sort of phthisis for civilization.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
No mention is made of the country to which they were expected to betake themselves in the event of their quitting Spain.
George BorrowThe Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainProject Gutenberg ebook #565
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It was much debated at Court whether there should be peace with Spain or no, and he was very urgent for war.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
There are, of course, many people in America who will not rest idle while their country falls into the condition of Spain.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
The loss which Spain and Portugal could sustain by this exportation of their gold and silver, would be altogether nominal and imaginary.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300