CountriesSpainRank 10 of 9820 words16 placesSpain20 English words in this atlas point back to Spain, spread across 16 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidencemayonnaiseOne story ties the sauce to Mahón. Many etymologists are not convinced.MahónDisputedDisputedsherryThe wine is an English attempt at saying Jerez.Jerez de la FronteraFrom its productWell attestedcanaryThe bird is named for the islands. The islands are named for dogs.Canary IslandsFrom the placeWell attestedmajolicaThe Italian pottery is named for a Spanish island.MallorcaHistorical nameWell attestedzarzuelaThe Spanish operetta is named for a royal hunting lodge.Palacio de la ZarzuelaFrom the placeWell attestedbilboThe Elizabethan sword is named for a Basque port.BilbaoHistorical nameWell attestedCastile soapThe olive oil soap is named for a Spanish kingdom.CastileFrom its productWell attestedSeville orangeThe marmalade orange is named for an Andalusian city.SevilleFrom its productWell attestedSpanish influenzaThe 1918 pandemic is named for the only country reporting it honestly.SpainFrom its peopleWell attestedcastles in SpainMedieval French daydreamers put their imaginary castles in Moorish Spain.SpainFrom the placeProbableholy ToledoTwo cities claim it: a Spanish cathedral seat and an Ohio river port.ToledoDisputedDisputedSpanish flyNot a fly, not especially Spanish, and far more dangerous than romantic.SpainFrom the placeWell attestedSpanish jasmineSpanish jasmine is from South Asia; Spain was only the middleman.SpainFrom the placeProbablebarquilliteThe crystals are smaller than a human hair is wide, which is why it took until the 1990s to find them.BarquillaFrom the placeWell attestedBilbao effectOne museum turned a declining industrial port into a case study that planners have chased ever since.BilbaoFrom the placeWell attestedFerro meridianFor three centuries longitude was counted from the edge of the known world.El HierroIndirectWell attestedMadridistaThe fan word preserves the club's older name, from before the king got involved.MadridFrom the placeWell attestedNueva EcijaA Spanish governor named a baking Philippine plain after the hottest town in Andalusia.ÉcijaFrom the placeWell attestedNueva VizcayaThe name is New Biscay, carried from the Basque coast to a valley in Luzon.BiscayFrom the placeWell attestedXavierOne of the most widespread Catholic first names is really a Navarrese village address.JavierFrom the placeWell attestedElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22Turkey22People's Republic of China21Japan18India16Mexico13Belgium12Australia11All 98 countries →