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Hispania

[ hi-spey-nee-uh, -speyn-yuh ]

noun

Latin.


Hispania

/ ɪˈæɪə /

noun

  1. the Iberian peninsula in the Roman world
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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For decades, it was a population described as Hispanic, derived from the word “Hispania,” the Latin name for the Iberian Peninsula, which is occupied by Spain and Portugal.

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Se narra la vida del apóstol Santiago: su nacimiento en Betsaida, su encuentro con Jesús y la evangelización por Hispania; hasta su muerte en el año 44 y traslado de los restos a Santiago de Compostela, en Galicia.

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“Hispanic” stems from Hispania, the Roman Empire’s name for Spain, so it refers to the peoples and cultures of Spain and its former colonies.

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One was Campos Meta, run by former grand prix driver Adrian Campos, who struggled to find funding and were sold before a debut as Hispania, later HRT F1.

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Earlier this month, Bocanegra and his partners teamed up with the conservation group Hispania Nostra to launch a crowdfunding appeal to raise the €50,000 needed to repair the roof.

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