This is a list of place names in which the origin is Spanish. Spanish is the Romancelanguage spoken in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries (such as those in South America).
Asturias(Political Subdivision)Spanish Possibly derived from Basque asta "rock" and ur "water". This was the name of an 8th to 10th-century kingdom of northern Iberia. It is now the name of a Spanish province.
Florida(Political Subdivision)English, Spanish, German, Italian A state of the United States, meaning "flowery, ornate" in Spanish, so called because in 1513 the explorer Juan Ponce de León landed there during the Pascua Florida (meaning "flowery Easter", a Spanish name for Palm Sunday).
León(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Spanish Derived from Latin legio (genitive legionis) meaning "legion", so named because the Roman 7th Legion Gemina was stationed there. This is the name of a city and province in northern Spain.
Macarena(Settlement)Spanish Barrio (district) in Seville, which got its name from a temple that may have been named for a person Macarius (see Macario).
Miranda(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Spanish, Portuguese Possibly a derivative of Latin mirandus "admirable, wonderful". This is the name of several towns in Spain, Portugal and the Americas. It is also the name of a Venezuelan state.
Paraguay(Country, River & Settlement)Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Czech, Guarani The name of a landlocked country in South America. It is derived from a river of the same name, of uncertain meaning. It possibly means "water from the sea" in Guaraní, from para "sea", gua "from" and y "water". In Guaraní Paraguái is the name of the country and the river, with Paraguay the name of the capital city Asunción.
Philippines(Country)English, French From Spanish Filipinas, which was derived from the given name Felipe, bestowed in 1543 in honour of the crown prince Philip (later king Philip II) of Spain by the explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, who originally used it only to refer to the islands of Leyte and Samar. It now refers to the entire archipelago and nation of the Philippines in southeastern Asia. In English it is usually referred to using the definite article, the.
San Nicolás(Settlement)Spanish The name of several places in the Spanish-speaking world, in honour of Saint Nicholas.
Santa Ana(Settlement)Spanish The name of several places in the Spanish-speaking world, in honour of Saint Anna.
Santiago(Settlement)Spanish, Portuguese This is the name of several cities in Spain and Portugal, so named for Saint James (see the given name Santiago for more information). It is also used for many other cities in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds, notably the capital city of Chile.
Texas(Political Subdivision)English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese A state of the United States, from Spanish Texas or Tejas, originally an ethnic name used by the Spanish for the Caddo. It was derived from the Caddo word taysha meaning "friends, allies".