西班牙

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (西班牙) 西 班 牙
simp. #(西班牙) 西 班 牙

Etymology

From Spanish España, from Latin Hispania.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

西班牙

  1. Spain (a country in Europe)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西班牙):
  • → Korean: 서반아(西班牙) (Seobana)
  • → Vietnamese: Tây Ban Nha (西班牙)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西 班 牙
Grade: 2 Grade: 6 Grade: S
irregular

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 西班牙 (Xībānyá).

Etymology

Borrowed from English Spain.

Proper noun

西班牙(スペイン) • (Supein) 

  1. Obsolete spelling of スペイン (“Spain (a country)”)
    • 1915 September 8, 旭新聞 (Asahi Shinbun) [The Asahi News], number 3240, page 1:
      […] 坂田通商局長が和蘭若しくは西班牙の公使に、 […]
      chief of the Bureau of Commerce Sakata becomes Dutch or Spanish minister

Korean

Hanja in this term
西班牙

Proper noun

西班牙 • (Seobana) (hangeul 서반아)

  1. Hanja form? of 서반아 (“Spain (obsolete)”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
西班牙

Proper noun

西班牙

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Ban Nha (“Spain”).
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