Hispania
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Hispānia. Doublet of Spain.
Proper noun[edit]
Hispania
- (historical) The Iberian Peninsula, when under the control of Ancient Rome.
Translations[edit]
the Iberian Peninsula in ancient times
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Hispania, Hispanian, Hispanic, French Hispanie, hispanique, Spanish hispano, hispánico, ultimately from Latin Hispānia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hispania
- Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)
Derived terms[edit]
- Hispaniala (“Spanish”)
- Hispaniana (“Spanish”)
- Hispaniano (“Spaniard”)
See also[edit]
- (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Traditionally thought to derive from a Phoenician/Punic name 𐤔𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉 (ʾiy šapan) meaning "island of hyraxes" (cognate to Hebrew שָׁפָן (shafan, “hyrax”) and Hebrew אִי ('i, “island”)), supposedly applied because the Phoenicians thought the land's many rabbits resembled hyraxes. This theory had some currency among Roman authors,[1] and may explain why Hispania is depicted with rabbits on some Roman coins. But later scholars have sometimes doubted this interpretation[2] and proposed other possible Phoenician etyma, like 𐤑𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉 (‘i ṣapun "(is)land to the north").[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hisˈpaː.ni.a/, [hɪs̠ˈpäːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /isˈpa.ni.a/, [isˈpäːniä]
Proper noun[edit]
Hispānia f sg (genitive Hispāniae); first declension
- Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in Southern Europe)
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XXIX.1:
- Eadem aestate in Hispania coortum ingens bellum conciente Ilergete Indibili nulla alia de causa quam per admirationem Scipionis contemptu imperatorum aliorum orto: eum superesse unum ducem Romanis ceteris ab Hannibale interfectis.
- During this summer an extensive war broke out in Spain at the instigation of Indibilis, whose sole motive was his intense admiration for Scipio which made him think lightly of other commanders. The people looked upon him as the only general the Romans had left to them, all the others having been killed by Hannibal.
- Eadem aestate in Hispania coortum ingens bellum conciente Ilergete Indibili nulla alia de causa quam per admirationem Scipionis contemptu imperatorum aliorum orto: eum superesse unum ducem Romanis ceteris ab Hannibale interfectis.
- (New Latin) Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Hispānia |
| Genitive | Hispāniae |
| Dative | Hispāniae |
| Accusative | Hispāniam |
| Ablative | Hispāniā |
| Vocative | Hispānia |
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Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: Ispania
- Catalan: Espanya
- Italian: Spagna
- → Albanian: Spanjë
- Occitan: Espanha
- Old French: Espaigne
- Old Galician-Portuguese: Espanha, Espanna
- Old Spanish: Espanna, España
- Romanian: Spania
- Romansch: Spagna
- Sardinian: Ispagna
- Sicilian: Spagna
- → Ancient Greek: Ἱσπανία (Hispanía), Σπᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Spāníā), Ἑσπᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Hespāníā)
- → Catalan: Hispània
- → Dutch: Spanje
- → Esperanto: Hispanio
- → German: Hispanien
- → German: Spanien
- → Ido: Hispania
- → Old English: Ispania
- → Old Irish: Espáin
- Irish: An Spáinn
- Manx: Yn Spaainey
- Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinn
- → Polish: Hiszpania
- → Portuguese: Hispânia
- → Welsh: Sbaen
References[edit]
- ^ Simón, M. A., editor (2012), Ten years conserving the Iberian lynx, Junta de Andalucía, Seville: Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Ambiente, →ISBN, page 1950:
- Hispania, the name that the Romans gave to the peninsular, derives from the Phoenician i-spn-ya, where the prefix i would translate as “coast”, “island” or “land”, ya as “region” and spn[,] in Hebrew saphan, as “rabbits” (in reality, hyraxes). The Romans, therefore, gave Hispania the meaning of“land abundant in rabbits”, a use adopted by Cicero, Cesar, Pliny the Elder and, in particular, Catulo, who referred to Hispania as the cuniculus peninsula.
- ^ Azevedo, Milton (2005) Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction, →ISBN, page 6. He calls the rabbit theory "a charming legend [...of] a Phoenician name, i-shepham-im or 'land of rabbits'".
- ^ Dietler, Michael, López-Ruiz, Carolina (2009) Colonial Encounters in Ancient Iberia, →ISBN:
- Cunchillos 2000:224 [...] offers a new interpretation of the etymology of the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., Hispania, as derived from the Northwest Semitic word meaning “island/coast” ('i) and “north” (spn), therefore “northern island, island to the north,” or else “island of the metals (root spy/h, "beat metals", etc.). Both senses would fit well with geographic perceptions that the Iberian Peninsula might have triggered for the Phoenicians.
Swahili[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Hispania
- Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)
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