Princeton's WordNet. Spain, Kingdom of Spain, Espana(noun) a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power. They reached Spain around 6000 b.c. When the Greeks arrived on Spanish soil around 600 b.c. they referred to the peninsula as Hesperia, meaning "land of the setting sun." When the Carthaginians came around 300 b.c. they called the country Ispania (from Sphan, "rabbit"), which means "land of the rabbits.
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