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Poetic name for Spain
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hispania
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Hispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula . Under the Republic , Hispania was divided into two provinces : Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior . During the Principate , Hispania Ulterior was divided into two new provinces, Baetica and Lusitania ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin name for the Iberian peninsula, literally "country of the Spaniards;" see Hispanic .
Usage examples of hispania.
The imperium Galliarum established by Postumus in the year I had come to Avalon now included Hispania as well as Gallia and Britannia, and there did not seem to be much that the Emperor Gallienus, plagued by a series of pretenders in the other sectors of his empire, could do to reassert his authority.
Daniels-a grand scheme was now coming into play, a scheme devised by Gloria to disrupt the United States, upset the balance of power in the world, and to thrust Hispania to world power, just as surely as Estomago was thrusting now under the expert guidance of Gloria's tongue and lips.
Or the flutter of activity on banana boats between Hispania and Cuba.
What could Hispania, a banana republic no larger than Rhode Island, with a gross national product so small that most of its inhabitants lived hi jungle huts-what could Hispania do to America?
It means that the Russians have waited for the right time and now have built a military installation on Hispania.