西班牙

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (西班牙) 西
simp. #(西班牙) 西

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
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

Proper noun

西班牙 (Seobana) (hangeul 서반아)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
西

Proper noun

西班牙

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