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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Famous quotes containing the word spain:
“last time I saw you was the hospital
pale skull protruding under ashen skin
blue veined unconscious girl
in an oxygen tent
the war in Spain has ended long ago
Aunt Rose”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“Heroic ages are not and never were sentimental and those daring conquistadores who conquered entire worlds for their Spain or Portugal received lamentably little thanks from their kings.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)