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Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall by dotancohen on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @05:16PM (#22122656) 

  > While I'm at this, it's no secret that coastal
  > cities in Spain have Phoenician names
Spain itself, España, comes from "Ei hashafanim" אי השפנים or "Island of bunny/hyrax", which once were abundant there.
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Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall by asveikau on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @06:15PM (#22123115)
I think this is one theory among several:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania#Etymology

One must also likely compare the proposed root with Latin Hispania rather than directly with modern España.

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