Hispano-

1. a combining form representing Spain or Spanish in compound words:

   Hispano-American.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hispano-¹

< Latin Hispān ( us ) pertaining to Hispānia the Iberian Peninsula + -o-

Example Sentences

No Hispano-moresque swords exist of earlier date than the fifteenth century, and these have richly-worked hilts in the Arab taste.

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Altars are gaudily decorated and statues bejeweled and be (artificial) flowered in Hispano-Italian fashion.

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It was readily adapted for the use of the Hispano-Suiza 150-horsepower engine.

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Nevertheless, the feeling of a common Hispano-American brotherhood is weak.

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All the exuberant life garnered by Hispano-Arab culture lives in the Spanish buildings.

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