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Span·ish 
[span-ish] Pronunciation Key
[span-ish] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | of or pertaining to Spain, its people, or their language. |
| 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. |
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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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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| Span·ish
(spān'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
[Alteration (influenced by Latin Hispānia, Spain) of Middle English Spainish, from Spaine, Spain, from Old French Espaigne; see Spaniard.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| spanish | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; "Spanish music" |
noun | |
| 1. | the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain |
| 2. | the people of Spain |
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U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Spanish Flat, CA Zip code(s): 94558
Spanish Fork, UT (city, FIPS 71290) Location: 40.11426 N, 111.63917 W
Population (1990): 11272 (3363 housing units)
Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84660
Spanish Fort, AL (CDP, FIPS 71976) Location: 30.67524 N, 87.88459 W
Population (1990): 3732 (1673 housing units)
Area: 24.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36527
Spanish Lake, MO (CDP, FIPS 69266) Location: 38.78690 N, 90.20770 W
Population (1990): 20322 (8652 housing units)
Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Span"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers. Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean. Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. --Ure. Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs. Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron. Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa) of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship). Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called because obtained from Aragon in Spain. Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium Cadamines), a species of peppergrass. Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.] Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet. Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber. Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles. Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish (Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red and white. Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis. Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay. Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto. Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice. Spanish leather. See Cordwain. Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel, big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel. (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under Mackerel. Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World. Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia. Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns. Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium) of the south of Europe. Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under Potato. Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt. Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a jib-headed sail. Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino. Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white pigment. Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to serve as a lever.
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Spanish
Span"ish\, n. The language of Spain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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