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Thread #47235   Message #705897
Posted By: SharonA
07-May-02 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: countries that named themselves
Subject: RE: BS: countries that named themselves
To our guest Adolfo: Thanks for posting the origin of "Spain"! To correct someone's (?) earlier posting, the Spanish call it EspaƱa ("ace-SPAHN-nya"). Also, the Spanish word "hermano" meaning brother is pronounced "air-MAH-no" (the "h" is not pronounced, or if so almost imperceptibly).