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Spaniards, [a] or Spanish people, are a people native to Spain.Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official throughout the ...
St Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), bishop, humanist and doctor of the Church. St Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Society of Jesus. St John of Avila (1500–1569), priest, preacher, theologian and mystic. St John of the Cross (1542–1591), mystic and monastic reformer, doctor of the Church.
This category has the following 44 subcategories, out of 44 total. People by organization in Spain (7 C) Spanish people by descent (9 C) Spanish people by location (8 C) Spanish people by occupation (63 C) Spanish people by period (6 C) Spanish people by political orientation (37 C)
Canary Islanders. Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest Africa. The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria (Canary speech) or the (dialecto) canario (Canarian dialect).
This is a list of Hispanos, both settlers and their descendants (either fully or partially of such origin), who were born or settled, between the early 16th century and 1850, in what is now the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, southwestern Colorado, Utah and Nevada), as well as Florida, Louisiana (1763–1800) and other Spanish colonies in what is ...
People from this background often self-identify as "Hispanos", "Spanish" or "Hispanic". Many of these settlers also intermarried with local Native Americans, creating a mestizo population. [78] Likewise, southern Louisiana is home to communities of people of Canary Islands descent, known as Isleños, in addition to other people of Spanish ancestry.
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The people decorate the streets, build bonfires, set off fireworks and hold large parades, bullfights, and beauty contests. One of the best-known Spanish celebrations is the "festival of San Fermin," which is celebrated every year in July in Pamplona. Bulls are released into the streets, while people run ahead of the animals to the bullring.