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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