The ancient Roman name for Iberia, Hispania, may derive from poetic use of the term Hesperia to refer to Spain, reflecting the Greek perception of Italy as a "western land" or "land of the setting sun" ( Hesperia, Εσπερία in Greek) and Spain, being still further west, as Hesperia ultima. The true origins of the name España and its cognates "Spain" and "Spanish" are disputed.
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