Where does “ইস্পানীয়া” come from?

ইস্পানীয়া (Bengali) comes from Portuguese Espanha, from Old Occitan Espanha, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

ইস্পানীয়া (Bengali): Spanish

Definitions

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Ancestry of “ইস্পানীয়া”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseEspanhaIberian Peninsula
2Old OccitanEspanha—
3LatinHispānia—
4Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
Every word from Punic אי שפן →Every word from Latin Hispānia →Every word from Old Occitan Espanha →