spain
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1. a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power (noun.location)
| hyponym | : | logrono, |
| definition | : | a city in northern Spain on the Ebro River (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | andalucia, andalusia, |
| definition | : | a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | balearic islands, |
| definition | : | an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | majorca, |
| definition | : | the largest of the Balearic Islands (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | canaries, canary islands, |
| definition | : | a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | barcelona, |
| definition | : | a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cadiz, |
| definition | : | an ancient port city in southwestern Spain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cartagena, |
| definition | : | a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cordoba, cordova, |
| definition | : | a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | jerez, jerez de la frontera, |
| definition | : | a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | leon, |
| definition | : | a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | malaga, |
| definition | : | a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | oviedo, |
| definition | : | a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | san sebastian, |
| definition | : | a city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border; a fashionable seaside resort (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sevilla, seville, |
| definition | : | a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | toledo, |
| definition | : | a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | aragon, |
| definition | : | a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I) (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | saragossa, zaragoza, |
| definition | : | an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | castile, castilla, |
| definition | : | a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | catalonia, |
| definition | : | a region of northeastern Spain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | galicia, |
| definition | : | a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | valencia, |
| definition | : | a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | lusitania, |
| definition | : | ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cantabrian mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | cape trafalgar, |
| definition | : | a small cape in southwestern Spain (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | ebro, ebro river, |
| definition | : | a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | pyrenees, |
| definition | : | a chain of mountains between France and Spain (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | sierra nevada, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | tagus, tagus river, |
| definition | : | a European river; flows into the North Atlantic (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | europe, |
| definition | : | the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | basque, |
| definition | : | a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | spaniard, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Spain (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | nato, north atlantic treaty organization, |
| definition | : | an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | auto-da-fe, |
| definition | : | the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition) (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | spanish civil war, |
| definition | : | civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939 (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | galician, |
| definition | : | a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect (noun.communication) |
| domain member region | : | spanish, |
| definition | : | the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain (noun.communication) |
| domain member region | : | catalan, |
| definition | : | the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan) (noun.communication) |
| domain member region | : | paella, |
| definition | : | saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | sangaree, sangria, |
| definition | : | sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | amigo, |
| definition | : | a friend or comrade (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | conquistador, |
| definition | : | an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | criollo, |
| definition | : | a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | don juan, |
| definition | : | any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman) (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | duenna, |
| definition | : | a woman chaperon (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | grand inquisitor, |
| definition | : | director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal) (noun.person) |
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