Culture and history of Spain a

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The ABC newspaper

alphabet

Aberri Eguna

abertzale

aficionado

A fan in general, but in bullfighting a serious devotee.

Afrancesado

“Francophile” or “turned-French”, “Francisized”) was the term used to denote Spanish and Portuguese partisans of Enlightenment ideas, Liberalism, or the French Revolution, who were supporters of the French occupation of Iberia (Wikipedia).

agur

The universal Basque salutation

Ajoblanco

Monthly magazine published between 1974 y 1980 and again between 1987 and 1999, born out of the opposition to the Franco regime. The magazine was one of the first meeting points for counter-culture in Spain, and one of the first to deal with topics such as gay rights, ecology and sustainability.

Ajoblanco site

akelarre

Al-Andalus

The Arabic name for the Iberian Peninsula, usually taken to mean under Islamic control at various times in the period between 711 and 1492. The term was emphatically not synonymous with Andalucia which takes its name from Al-Andalus. The name is generally taken to come for the Arabic for The Vandals, Germanic tribe that colonized parts of Iberia from 407 to 429. However this is now hotly disputed by some historians. See Etymology of al-Andalus (Wikipedia)

alcazaba

Moorish castle

Alcázar

Alexander von Humboldt in Spain

Alguerese (alguerès in Catalan)

 

Alianza Popular (AP)

Defunct right-wing party formed by ex-francoists and led by Manual Fraga and would later spawn the Popular Party. The party won 16 seats and 8.2 % of the vote in the first general elections of 1977.

aljama

alminar

Almogavars

Altamira

Antena 3

Pro-Partido Popular Eurotrash TV channel with a national audience share of 21% in 2002, though it has since fallen. The question begs, why do we need this crap?

Antena 3 (Wikipedia)

anti-clericalism

Años de Hambre

aperturismo

Arabic

Aragonese language

Aralar

Aranese language

AsturAsturian language

atalaya

Moorish watch tower

Atapuerca

artesonado

Audiencia Nacional

autarky

Auto de fe

The ceremony associated with the tortures and executions staged by the Inquisition

Auto de fe (Wikipedia)

Autonomia

The Spanish State is divided into 17 Autonomous Communities. Article 2 of the Spanish Constitution states that the right to autonomy of the nationalities and regions.

The 17 autonomous communities are (in addition to: Ceuta and Melilla)

  1. BASQUE COUNTRY
  2. CATALONIA
  3. GALICIA
  4. ANDALUCIA
  5. PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS
  6. CANTABRIA
  7. LA RIOJA
  8. REGION OF MURCIA
  9. COMMUNITY OF VALENCIA
  10. ARAGON
  11. CASTILE-LA MANCHA
  12. THE CANARY ISLANDS
  13. NAVARRE
  14. EXTREMADURA
  15. COMMUNITY OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS
  16. COMMUNITY OF MADRID
  17. COMMUNITY OF CASTILE AND LEON

Autonomous Communities

autopista

Toll motorway

autovia

Toll-free dual-carriageway

AVE – Tren de Alta Velocidad Española.

The high-speed train in Spain.

AVT - Asociación de Víctimas del Terrorismo

ayuntamiento

Town/city hall

Avui

Conservative Catalan-language daily, strongly associated with the Catalan nationalist coalition Convergencia i Unió.

azulejo

The traditional glazed ceramic wall tiles

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