Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
is a sovereign state in southwestern Europe.
Spain may also refer to:
Places and politics
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Spain (European Parliament constituency)
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Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spani ...
, known as the Spanish State, the government of Spain under Francisco Franco
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Spain, South Dakota, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Port of Spain
Port of Spain ( Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a muni ...
, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago
*Spain was used in the Middle Ages to refer to the whole of the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...
(e.g.
Emperor of all Spain)
Music
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Spain (band), a 1990s American jazz-rock band
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''Spain'' (Between the Trees album), 2009
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''Spain'' (Michel Camilo and Tomatito album), 2000
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''Spain'' (instrumental), a 1971 instrumental jazz fusion composition by ''
Chick Corea''
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"Spain" (John Paul Young song), 1986
*"Spain", a song by Blonde Redhead from their 2010 album ''
Penny Sparkle''
Other uses
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Spain (horse)
Spain (foaled 1997 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who retired as the most financially successful mare in North American racing history in her time.
Background
Bred and raced by Prince Ahmed bin Salman's The Thoroughbred ...
, an American Thoroughbred racehorse
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''Spain'' (Auden), a poem by W. H. Auden
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Spain Rodriguez (1940–2012), American cartoonist
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Spain (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Spain, the national personification in the webmanga series ''
Hetalia: Axis Powers''
See also
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España (disambiguation)
España is the Spanish name for Spain, a country in southern Europe.
España may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''España'' (Chabrier), an orchestral piece first performed in 1883 by Emmanuel Chabrier
*''España'', an orchestral piece ...
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Spanish (disambiguation)
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