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Meaning of "Spanish Main" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH MAIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPANISH MAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spanish Main is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPANISH MAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spanish Main

In the days of the Spanish New World Empire, the mainland of the North and South American continents enclosing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico was referred to as the Spanish Main.

Definition of Spanish Main in the English dictionary

The definition of Spanish Main in the dictionary is the mainland of Spanish America, esp the N coast of South America from the Isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela. Other definition of Spanish Main is the Caribbean Sea, the S part of which in colonial times was the route of Spanish treasure galleons and the haunt of pirates.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPANISH MAIN

Spanish cedar
Spanish chestnut
Spanish Civil War
Spanish customs
Spanish fir
Spanish fly
Spanish Guinea
Spanish guitar
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish mackerel
Spanish Moroccan
Spanish Morocco
Spanish moss
Spanish omelette
Spanish onion
Spanish paprika
Spanish practices
Spanish rice
Spanish Sahara
Spanish topaz

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPANISH MAIN

again
Bahrain
brain
Britain
captain
certain
chain
contain
domain
explain
Frankfurt am Main
gain
in the main
in the public domain
lain
main
maintain
mountain
obtain
pain

Synonyms and antonyms of Spanish Main in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Spanish Main» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPANISH MAIN

Find out the translation of Spanish Main to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Spanish Main from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Spanish Main» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西班牙主
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Español principal
570 millions of speakers

English

Spanish Main
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पेनिश मुख्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأسبانية الرئيسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Испанский Главная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Espanhol principal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্প্যানিশ প্রধান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

espagnol principal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Main Sepanyol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spanish Main
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スペインメイン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스페인어 홈페이지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spanyol Utama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tây Ban Nha chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்பானிஷ் முதன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पॅनिश मुख्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İspanyol Ana
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Spagnolo principale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hiszpański główna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іспанський Головна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Spanish Main
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ισπανική Κύρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spanish Main
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Spanska sjön
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Spansk Hoved
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Spanish Main

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPANISH MAIN»

The term «Spanish Main» is regularly used and occupies the 79.153 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPANISH MAIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Spanish Main» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Spanish Main» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Spanish Main

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPANISH MAIN»

Discover the use of Spanish Main in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Spanish Main and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Early Spanish Main
Carl O. Sauer uses contemporary sources and his authoritative knowledge of land forms, vegetation and ethnography in Latin America to place the history of the early Spanish Main in a fresh context.
Carl Ortwin Sauer, Sauer, 1971
2
Treasures of the Spanish Main: Shipwrecked Galleons in the ...
Illustrated in full colour, this book presents an account of shipwrecks and the harrowing attempts to recover their sunken treasure.
‎2006
3
Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and his buccaneers
An account of the life and times of the English buccaneer, Henry Morgan, from his birth in Wales through his daring exploits in the Spanish Main to his later years in Jamaica.
Albert Marrin, 1999
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The Spanish Main 1492-1800
The ‘Spanish Main’ – the Spanish possessions in the West Indies and the Central American and Mexican coast – was the envy of Englishmen, Frenchmen and Dutchmen from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Rene Chartrand, 2006
5
The Great Expedition: Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main ...
"In 1585, war between Spain and Elizabethan England was all but inevitable.
Angus Konstam, 2011
6
The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, ...
An in-depth look at pirates' physical and cultural environment
Benerson Little, 2007
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On the Spanish Main
With a Description of the Buccaneers and a Short Account of Old-time Ships and Sailors.
John Masefield, 2008
8
Blackbeard: Eighteenth-century Pirate of the Spanish Main ...
Discusses the life of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, who terrorized the Virginia and North Carolina coast, before he was killed in 1718.
Aileen Weintraub, 2002
9
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
This history of the West Indies makes special mention of Jewish life in St. Eustatius.
James Rodway, 1896
10
Treasures of the Spanish Main
Presents background information about the sinking of the Spanish galleon, Atocha, in 1622 and describes efforts to locate the wreck and successfully salvage its treasure more than 300 years later.
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, 1999

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPANISH MAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Spanish Main is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Spanish Main: Tales of the Union Jack, the Fleur-de-Lis and the …
You'll spot forts just about everywhere on the old "Spanish Main" - meaning all the Caribbean islands and the countries rimming them along the coasts of Central ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
2
Pirates of the Spanish Main continues commitment to Golden Isles
Pirates of the Spanish Main is made up of about 60 members from Brunswick High School, Glynn Academy and Frederica Academy. Often described as a high ... «Brunswick News, Nov 14»
3
6 Famous Pirate Strongholds
The buccaneers accepted the deal, and the town soon became a major ... his famous raids along the Spanish Main, but their influence waned with the end of ... «History, Jan 14»
4
Spanish Main considers cell tower
The logic behind the push for a tower at Spanish Main is if the existing ... a 120-foot tower at a location even farther north than Spanish Main is what would be ... «Longboat Key News, Jun 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Spanish Main [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spanish-main>. May 2024 ».
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