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Span⋅ish

  [span-ish]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Spain, its people, or their language.
–noun
2. the Spanish people collectively.
3. a Romance language, the language of Spain, standard also in most of Latin America except Brazil. Abbreviation: Sp, Sp.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME; see Spain, -ish 1
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Spanish River

 
–noun
a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 mi. (241 km) long.
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Span·ish   (spān'ĭsh)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to Spain or its people or culture.

  2. Of or relating to the Spanish language.

n.  

  1. The Romance language of the largest part of Spain and most of Central and South America.

  2. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Spain.


[Alteration (influenced by Latin Hispānia, Spain) of Middle English Spainish, from Spaine, Spain, from Old French Espaigne; see Spaniard.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Spanish 
c.1205, from Spaine "Spain," from O.Fr. Espaigne (see Spaniard). Replaced O.E. Speonisc. For Spanish Main see main. Spanish moss is attested from 1823. Spanglish as a form of Spanish deformed by English words and idioms is attested from 1967, from Sp. Espanglish (1954). Spanish fly, the fabled aphrodisiac (ground-up cantharis blister-beetles), is attested from c.1600.
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