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Country name Spain, in 35 editions.
The entry for Spain published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of Spain
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form:
Spain
local short form:
Espana
The entry for Spain did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local short form: Espana
The same text in 4 editions, 1997 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local short form: Espana
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain conventional short form: Spain local short form: Espana
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
The same text in 4 editions, 2002 to 2005.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local short form: Espana
The same text in 3 editions, 2006 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local long form:
- Reino de Espana
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local long form: Reino de Espana
local short form: Espana
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local long form:
- Reino de Espana
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form:
Spain
local long form:
Reino de Espana
local short form:
Espana
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local long form:
- Reino de Espana
- local short form:
- Espana
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
The same text in 9 editions, 2016 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local long form:
- Reino de Espana
- local short form:
- Espana
- etymology:
- derivation of the name "Espana" is uncertain, but may come from the Phoenician term "span," related to the word "spy," meaning "to forge metals," so, "i-spn-ya" would mean "place where metals are forged";
- the ancient Phoenicians long exploited the Iberian Peninsula for its mineral wealth
Rewritten: too little of the 2015 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local long form: Reino de Espana
local short form: Espana
etymology: derivation of the name "Espana" is uncertain, but may come from the Phoenician term "span," related to the word "spy," meaning "to forge metals," so, "i-spn-ya" would mean "place where metals are forged"; the ancient Phoenicians long exploited the Iberian Peninsula for its mineral wealth
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Spain
- conventional short form:
- Spain
- local long form:
- Reino de España
- local short form:
- España
- etymology:
- derivation of the name España is uncertain;
- the Basque words ezpain or espan ("edge," as in a river bank) are possible sources, or the Punic word span , meaning "rabbit;" some academics tie it to the god Hesperus from Greco-Roman mythology
conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local long form: Reino de Espana España
local short form: Espana España
etymology: derivation of the name "Espana" España is uncertain, but may come from uncertain; the Phoenician term "span," related to Basque words ezpain or espan ("edge," as in a river bank) are possible sources, or the Punic word "spy," span , meaning "to forge metals," so, "i-spn-ya" would mean "place where metals are forged"; the ancient Phoenicians long exploited "rabbit;" some academics tie it to the Iberian Peninsula for its mineral wealth god Hesperus from Greco-Roman mythology
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Spain: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/spain/country-name.