The Spanish name of “西班牙” is called ESPAN'A, the general pronunciation of Spanish and the pronunciation of Chinese "Spain" is very similar, so it is named “西班牙”.
Today, the term "Castilian" is used in other ways too. Sometimes it is used to distinguish the north-central standard of Spanish from regional variations such as Andalusian (used in southern Spain). Often it is used, not altogether accurately, to distinguish the Spanish of Spain from that of...
Spanish is clearly becoming less Ibero-centric. Ninety percent of the 500 million Spanish speakers in the world now live west of the Atlantic Ocean. As Nadeau and Barlow, have said, “Spain’s empire was indeed critical to Spanish. But the real force driving Spanish over the last thousand ...
Where Did the 'Spanish Flu' Start? While it’s unlikely that the “Spanish Flu” originated in Spain, scientists are still unsure of its source. France, China and Britain have all been suggested as the potential birthplace of the virus, as has the United States, where the first known case...
Food & Drink: Why Spain is no longer plain Sophisticated Spanish wines leave rioja standing, and the current fashion for all things Iberian is causing a st... A Rose 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Improved business performance by analysing history In recent years energy costs have been rising, along ...
Spain.Latinois used as an identifier among people from or with a heritage rooted in Latin America, irrespective of language and inclusive of countries where Spanish is not the most widely spoken language, such as Brazil and Haiti. Of course, for some people, both terms apply. A Spanish-...
The return of the so called ‘Special One’ to the Barclays Premier League at the beginning of June grabbed all the headlines. After a somewhat tumultuous end to his reign at Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho stated himself that he felt he was returning to a place where he is loved. That place...
The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice- eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels. What happens here will have a bearing on the futu...
Tom contacted the Gazette calling for something to be done about the state of the graveyard.It is believed the resulting publicity reached church officials in Spain, sparking action.But Tom also revealed that a Spanish woman called Dona Isabel Naylor Mendez visited the cemetery once a year on ...
This sign seen at a protest in Spain says: "The U.S. owes $100 billion. Let them rescue themselves!".Sento/ Flickr / CC BY 2.0 Updated on May 24, 2019 Once you learn thatEstados Unidosis Spanish for "United States," you might predict that its abbreviation would beEU, just as we ...