FromLatinHispānia.Doublet ofSpain.

Hispania

2. (historical) TheIberian Peninsula, a peninsula andhistorical region ofSouthern Europe covering modern-daySpain,Portugal andAndorra, when under the control of Ancient Rome; split into between two and fiveRoman provinces, depending on the time period.

FromLatinHispānia.Doublet ofEspanja.

• IPA^(key):/ˈhispɑniɑ/,[ˈhis̠pɑ̝ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key):His‧pa‧nia

Hispania

1. (historical)Hispania (TheIberian Peninsula, a peninsula andhistorical region ofSouthern Europe covering modern-daySpain,Portugal andAndorra, when under the control of Ancient Rome; split into between two and fiveRoman provinces, depending on the time period)
2. (obsolete)Synonym ofEspanja(“Spain”)[late 18th–19th c.]
   • 1775 September,Suomalaiset Tieto-Sanomat‎^[1], Turku:J[ohan]. C[hristopher]. Frenckell,folio 4, verso:

     Hiſpanian Waltakunnalla on myoͤs Sota[…] Marokkon ja Alſirin Waltoja waſtan.

     [Hispanian valtakunnalla on myös sota[…] Marokon ja Alsirin[Algeerian] valtoja vastaan.]

     The Kingdom ofSpain too has a War,[…]against the States of Morocco and Algeria.

   • 1872,A[lexander]. Ed[vard]. Modeen, translated byA[leksanteri]. Rahkonen,Oppikirja Maantieteessä [Geography Textbook]‎^[2], Vyborg:Clouberg & Co,page111:

     Madrid,Hispanian pääkaupunki,

     Madrid, the capital ofSpain,

   • 1895 August 23,Uudenkaupungin Sanomat, Uusikaupunki,→ISSN,page 3:

     W. 1854 tarjoſiwat Yhdyswallat Kuban ſaarestaHispanialle 120 milj. dollaria

     In 1854, the United States offeredSpain 120 million dollars for the island of Cuba

Borrowed fromEnglishHispania,Hispanian,Hispanic,FrenchHispanie,hispanique,Spanishhispano,hispánico, ultimately fromLatinHispānia.

• IPA^(key):/hi.spa.ˈni.a/

Hispania

1. Spain (a country inSouthern Europe, including most of theIberian peninsula)

• Hispaniala(“Spanish”)
• Hispaniana(“Spanish”)
• Hispaniano(“Spaniard”)

• Spania,Ispania,Yspania(Medieval Latin)

Traditionally thought to derive from aPhoenician/Punic name*𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤍(*ʾyšpn/⁠*ʔī šap̄ān⁠/, literally“island of the hyrax”), with elements equivalent toHebrewאִי(ʔī,“island”) andשָׁפָן(šap̄ā́n,“hyrax”), where the Phoenicians would have thought the land's many rabbits to resemble 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*𐤀𐤉 𐤑𐤐𐤍(*ʾy ṣpn/⁠*ʔī ṣappūn⁠/, literally“island of the north”).^[3]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/hisˈpaː.ni.a/,[hɪs̠ˈpäːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/isˈpa.ni.a/,[isˈpäːniä]

Hispānia f sg (genitiveHispāniae);first declension

1. Hispania (TheIberian Peninsula, a peninsula andhistorical region ofSouthern Europe covering modern-daySpain,Portugal andAndorra, when under the control of Ancient Rome; split into between two and fiveRoman provinces, depending on the time period)
   • 27BCE – 25BCE,Titus Livius,Ab Urbe ConditaXXIX.1:

     Eadem aestate inHispania 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 inSpain 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.

2. (New Latin)Spain (a country inSouthern Europe, including most of theIberian peninsula)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Uhispania

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Hispania

1. Spain (a country inSouthern Europe, including most of theIberian peninsula)

• Mhispania