# Española

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #93,673

## Definitions
1. A city in New Mexico, United States.
2. An island of San Cristobal canton, Galapagos, Ecuador.
3. Alternative form of Hispaniola, an island of the Caribbean.

## Etymology
From Spanish Española (“Little Spain”), from España (“Spain”) + -ola (“-ule: forming diminutives”). In reference to the Ecuadorian island, bestowed in 1892 in honor of the quadricentennial of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, during which he reached Hispaniola. Doublet of Hispaniola.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/espanola