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spain
/speɪn/
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What does spain mean?
proper noun
- A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
- 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.
No mention is made of the country to which they were expected to betake themselves in the event of their quitting Spain.
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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.
There are, of course, many people in America who will not rest idle while their country falls into the condition of Spain.
The loss which Spain and Portugal could sustain by this exportation of their gold and silver, would be altogether nominal and imaginary.