English Explanatory Dictionary

Hispania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Iberian Peninsula, a peninsula and historical region of Southern Europe covering modern-day Spain, Portugal and Andorra, when under the control of Ancient Rome; split into between two and five Roman provinces, depending on the time period.

Word forms

Hispania Hispany

Etymology

From Latin Hispānia. Doublet of Spain.

Related words

Hispania Baetica Hispania Carthaginensis Hispania Citerior Hispania Nova Hispania Tarraconensis Hispania Ulterior Lusitania
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