spain Definition

country in southwestern Europe that occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula and borders on the Atlantic Ocean (including the Bay of Biscay and the Gulf of Cadiz) and the Mediterranean Sea area 194,881 square miles (504,742 square kilometers), population 46,815,916

Spanish viceroyalty 1535—1821 including territory now in southwestern U.S., Mexico, Central America north of Panama, much of the West Indies, and the Philippines; capital Mexico City

city on northwestern Trinidad Island that is a port on the Gulf of Paria and the capital of Trinidad and Tobago population 49,031

an impracticable project : daydream —called also castle in Spain

a southern European composite plant (Anacyclus pyrethrum) resembling yarrow —called also pellitory-of-Spain

any of a genus (Parietaria) of herbs of the nettle family with alternate leaves and inconspicuous flowers —called also pellitory-of-the-wall