Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Hispa’nia.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Hispa’nia.

Spain. So called from the Punic word Span (a rabbit), on account of the vast number of rabbits which the Carthaginians found in the peninsula. Others derive it from the Basque Expana (a border).	1

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