where did the word spanish come from

Question

Answer 1

The of bable.

Answer 2

The tower of bable

Answer 3

El país de españa.

The country of Spain.

Answer 4

According to Wikipedia, the fountain of information:

Phoenician/Punic אי שפנים ʾÎ-šəpānîm "isle of hyraxes". The Phoenician settlers found hares in abundance, and mistook them for hyraxes of Africa; thus they named the land in their Canaanite dialect. The Latin-speaking Romans adapted the name as Hispania. The Latin name was altered among the Romance languages, and entered English from Norman French Spagne. 

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Answer 5

I'm not sure if this is what you are after but this is what my dictionary says about the word origins

First Spanish was the adjective form of the word Spain and means of Spain.

That means that the Spanish language means the language of Spain.

If this word is used as a noun it refers directly to the Spanish language.

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The word Spain itself has been passed down from the Romans and possibly the Greeks in the following manner

Possibly Greek origins Spania > Latin Hispania > L. Latin Spania > Old French > Anglo-French Espaigne > Middle English Spaine