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西班牙

bān

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bān
  1. 1.Spain

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  1. 1.Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

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Etymology

Borrowed from the word for Spain in a European language; compare Spanish España, Portuguese Espanha, English Spain, German Spanien, Latin Hispania. The choice of the final syllable 牙 (yá) is possibly influenced or reinforced by 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá, “Portugal”). Attested as early as 1835, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine. An earlier similar transcription is 是班呀, attested in 海國聞見錄 [1730] by Chen Lunjiong (陳倫烱).

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