English Exonyms - Spain

Spain

España

  • Andalucía : Andalusia
  • Aragón : Aragon in historical context, also Aragón referring to modern Spain
  • País Vasco : Basque Country
  • Castilla : Castile
  • Catalunya / Cataluña : Catalonia
  • Córdoba : Cordova
  • A Coruña/La Coruña : Corunna
  • Duero : river Douro, English uses the Portuguese name
  • Gran Canaria : Grand Canary (obsolete)
  • Islas Baleares : Balearic Islands
  • Islas Canarias : Canary Islands
  • Mallorca : Majorca
  • Menorca : Minorca English uses the Italian spelling, also Menorca
  • Navarra : Navarre
  • Pireneos : Pyrenees
  • Sevilla : Seville
  • Tajo : Tagus
  • Tenerife : Teneriffe (obsolete)
  • Vizcaya : Biscay
  • Zaragoza : Saragossa (old), Zaragoza (increasingly used in English)

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