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spain | portugal |

As a verb spain

is (lb).

As an adjective portugal is

portuguese.

As a noun portugal is

portuguese (person).

spain

English

(wikipedia Spain)

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España).
  • * 1865 , James Stuart Laurie (editor), Manual of Elementary Geography , page 40
    • The mountains of Spain consist of parallel ranges, running from east to west
  • * 1999 , Stephen P. Reyna, "The Force of Two Logics", in'' S. P. Reyna & R. E. Downs (editors), ''Deadly Developments: Capitalism, states and war'' (''War and Scoiety , volume 5), page 34
    • Spain fought with France constantly from 1494 through the 1540s, especially over Italy.

    Hyponyms

    * (country) Aragon, Asturias, Cantabria, Castile, Catalonia, Galicia, Valencia

    Related terms

    * Hispanic * Spaniard * Spanish

    See also

    * * *

    Anagrams

    * *

    portugal

    English

    (wikipedia Portugal)

    Alternative forms

    * Portugall (obsolete)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Member state of the European Union. Official name: Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa).

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Portugal")

    Derived terms

    * Portuguese

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Portuguese person.
  • *, I.40:
  • *:Some became Christians, from whose faith and race, even at this day (for it is an hundred yeares since) few Portugalls assure themselves; although custome and length of time be much more forcible counsellors unto such mutations than any other compulsion.

    • See also

    * * * * Lusitania ----