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")
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is a sovereign state in southwestern Europe.
Spain may also refer to:
Places and politics
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Spain (European Parliament constituency)
Spain is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Spain. It is currently represented by 59 Members of the European Parliament and is the second largest European Parliament constituency i ...
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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, Spai ...
, 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, 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 ...
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Emperor of all Spain
is a Latin title meaning "Emperor of All Spain". In Spain in the Middle Ages, the title "emperor" (from Latin ''imperator'') was used under a variety of circumstances from the ninth century onwards, but its usage peaked, as a formal and pract ...
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Music
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Spain (band)
Spain are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993, and led by singer/bassist Josh Haden. Their syncretic music contains elements of country, blues, folk, jazz, and slowcore. In a career spanning more than two decades, Spa ...
, 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
''Penny Sparkle'' is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. The album was released by 4AD on September 13, 2010 internationally, and on the following day in the United States.
Track listing
Personnel
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Other uses
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Spain (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
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''Spain'' (Auden), a poem by W. H. Auden
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Spain Rodriguez
Manuel Rodriguez (March 2, 1940 – November 28, 2012), better known as Spain or Spain Rodriguez, was an American underground cartoonist who created the character Trashman. His experiences on the road with the motorcycle club, the Road Vultures M ...
(1940–2012), American cartoonist
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Spain (surname)
Spain a surname English, Norman, French, Irish in origin, but linked to expatriates, or colonialists, who either had origins in Spain or had spent a significant amount of time there. The evolution of the name came about when the government of ea ...
, 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)
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Spanish (disambiguation)
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
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