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España

American  
[es-pah-nyah] / ɛsˈpɑ njɑ /

noun

  1. Spanish name of Spain.


España British  
/ esˈpaɲa /

noun

  1. the Spanish name for Spain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Each morning we’d set out to explore this corner of the country, one part of what is sometimes called La España Profunda, or Deep Spain, for the way it has resisted urbanization.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Additional support came from the Unidad de Paleontología de Teruel, funded by the Gobierno de España through the Ministry of Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.

From Science Daily May 17, 2026

So even though MLS is heavily promoting the regular-season opener with Messi and Inter Miami, Dos Santos isn’t looking past his real first game in charge, which is the Champions Cup game with Real España.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

Local police in Barcelona returned to the old ways, regulating traffic in the Plaça España because the lights were out.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2025

When he graduated, her brother handed over the key, dangling on an España key chain, to the old teacher’s storage room, through which you could access the roof hatch.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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