Hispania


[hi-spey-nee-uh, -speyn-yuh] /hɪˈspeɪ ni ə, -ˈspeɪn yə/

noun, Latin.
1.
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/hɪˈspænɪə/
noun
1.
the Iberian peninsula in the Roman world

Latin name for the Iberian peninsula, literally “country of the Spaniards;” see Hispanic.

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    [hi-span-ik] /hɪˈspæn ɪk/ adjective 1. . 2. Latin American: the United States and its Hispanic neighbors. noun 3. Also, Hispano. Also called Hispanic American. Also called Hispano-American. an American citizen or resident of or Latin-American descent. /hɪˈspænɪk/ adjective 1. relating to, characteristic of, or derived from Spain or Spanish-speaking countries noun 2. (US) a person […]

  • Hispanicism

    [hi-span-uh-siz-uh m] /hɪˈspæn əˌsɪz əm/ noun 1. an idiom peculiar to Spanish. /hɪˈspænɪˌsɪzəm/ noun 1. a word or expression borrowed from Spanish or modelled on the form of a Spanish word or expression

  • Hispanicist

    [hi-span-uh-sist] /hɪˈspæn ə sɪst/ noun 1. .

  • Hispanicize

    [hi-span-uh-sahyz] /hɪˈspæn əˌsaɪz/ verb (used with object), Hispanicized, Hispanicizing. (sometimes lowercase) 1. to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style. 2. to bring under Spanish or Latin-American domination or influence. /hɪˈspænɪˌsaɪz/ verb 1. (transitive) to make Spanish, as in custom or culture; bring under Spanish control or influence

  • Hispaniola

    [his-puh n-yoh-luh; Spanish ees-pahn-yaw-lah] /ˌhɪs pənˈyoʊ lə; Spanish ˌis pɑnˈyɔ lɑ/ noun 1. an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km). /ˌhɪspənˈjəʊlə; Spanish ispaˈɲola/ noun 1. the second largest island in the Caribbean, in the Greater Antilles: divided politically into Haiti and […]


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