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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
士班雅
- (obsolete) Spain (a country in Europe)
1885, 新約全書中西字 [The New Testament in English and Mandarin], Shanghai: American Bible Society, Romans 15:28, page 425:
我完全了這事、成就了這善果、將從你們那裏、往士班雅去。 [MSC, trad.]
我完全了这事、成就了这善果、将从你们那里、往士班雅去。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ wánquánle zhè shì, chéngjiùle zhè shànguǒ, jiāng cóng nǐmen nàlǐ, wǎng Shìbānyǎ qù.
- When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
Usage notes
- Still used by some Christians when referring to Spain during the New Testament period due to its use in the Chinese Union Version, the predominant Chinese translation of the Bible used by Chinese Protestant Christians.
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