Hespanha

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hespanha f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Espanha.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Madame de Balsac [Madam of Balsac]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 257:
      Ha tempo annunciaram os jornaes que a viuva do grande romancista vinha fazer uma viagem á Peninsula e que partira já de Paris em direcção á capital de Hespanha.
      Some time ago, the papers announced that the widow of the great novelist was coming on a trip to the Peninsula and had already left Paris, bound for the capital of Spain.
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