spain
spain — noun
1. a country in southwestern Europe that shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal
a country in southwestern Europe that shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal and has coastlines on both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Lara spent her summer vacation traveling through Spain with her family.
country name used without article
Spain has beautiful beaches along its Mediterranean coast that attract millions of tourists every year.
Spain as grammatical subject of a sentence
My cousin moved to Spain to teach English at a small school near Barcelona.
Felix and his classmates are planning a trip to Spain to practice their Spanish.
The village where my grandmother grew up is in northern Spain, near the mountains.
用法筆記
Most country names, including Spain, are used without the definite article 'the'. You say 'in Spain', 'to Spain', 'from Spain'. The article is only added when referring to a specific historical period or aspect ('the Spain of the 1920s').