spain

Noun
  1. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula;
    A former colonial power (synset 109045691)
    domain member region:
    • auto-da-fe - the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
    • spanish civil war - 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
    • galician - a language spoken in Galicia, an Autonomus Community of Spain
    • spanish - the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
    • catalan - the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan)
    • paella - saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken
    • sangaree, sangria - sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water
    • basque fatherland and liberty, basque homeland and freedom, eta, euskadi ta askatasuna - a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees
    • first of october antifascist resistance group, grapo - an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime
    • amigo - a friend or comrade
    • conquistador - an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)
    • criollo - a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
    • don juan - any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)
    • duenna - a woman chaperon
    • grand inquisitor - director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
    subtypes: logrono - a city in northern Spain on the Ebro River
    is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
    member holonym:
    • basque - a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
    • spaniard - a native or inhabitant of Spain
    belongs to:
    has:
    • andalucia, andalusia - a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization
    • capital of spain, madrid, spanish capital - the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum
    • balearic islands - an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain
    • majorca - the largest of the Balearic Islands
    • canaries, canary islands - a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
    • barcelona - 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
    • cadiz - an ancient port city in southwestern Spain
    • cartagena - a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
    • cordoba, cordova - a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture
    • jerez, jerez de la frontera - a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry
    • leon - a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains
    • malaga - a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean
    • oviedo - a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains
    • san sebastian - a city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border; a fashionable seaside resort
    • sevilla, seville - a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain
    • toledo - a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century
    • aragon - 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)
    • saragossa, zaragoza - an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
    • castile, castilla - a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479
    • catalonia - a region of northeastern Spain
    • galicia - a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay
    • valencia - a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean
    • lusitania - ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain
    • cantabrian mountains - a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay
    • cape trafalgar - a small cape in southwestern Spain
    • ebro, ebro river - a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean
    • pyrenees - a chain of mountains between France and Spain
    • sierra nevada - a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada
    • tagus, tagus river - a European river; flows into the North Atlantic
    is a part of:
    • iberia, iberian peninsula - a peninsula in southwestern Europe
    • europe - 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
    same as: espana, kingdom of spain

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