Spain
スペイン
解説 Definition
スペイン
A country in southwestern Europe occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula and also including island territories and two autonomous cities in North Africa. Its capital is Madrid, and Spanish is its principal official language nationwide.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Spain は国名なので S を大文字にし、Spain is in Europe、come from Spain、travel to Spain の形で覚えます。「スペインの・スペイン人」は Spanish で、Spainish とはしません。国名 Spain、形容詞・言語 Spanish、国民を集合的に表す the Spanish を一組にすると整理できます。地名の語源はラテン語 Hispania へさかのぼります。
Fix Spain in memory as the country name and Spanish as the related adjective, language, and nationality word. Use the common patterns in Spain, travel to Spain, and come from Spain. Do not form the adjective by simply adding a suffix to make “Spainish”; the correct spelling is Spanish. Picture a map of Europe and place Spain on the Iberian Peninsula, next to Portugal. Because it is a proper name, Spain always begins with a capital S, even in short sentences such as “Spain is in Europe.”
例文
Spain is in Europe.
スペインはヨーロッパにあります。
My friend comes from Spain.
私の友だちはスペイン出身です。
Spain の類義語・関連語
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Spain の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ローマ人がイベリア半島を呼んだラテン語の Hispania に由来する国名です。
The English name Spain ultimately comes from Latin Hispania, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula and its provinces. Through later sound and spelling changes in Romance languages and medieval English usage, this developed into the modern form Spain. The deeper origin of Hispania is uncertain, so explanations that assign it one exact earlier meaning should be treated cautiously. In present-day English, Spain is the proper name of the country and takes an initial capital.
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