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Where does “hispanus” come from?

hispanus (Latin) comes from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

Ancestry of “hispanus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinHispānia—
2Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
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