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Where does “إسبانيا” come from?

إسبانيا (Arabic) comes from Spanish España, from Old Spanish Espanna, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

Ancestry of “إسبانيا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishEspaña—
2Old SpanishEspannaIberian Peninsula
3LatinHispānia—
4Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
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