Spa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "spa"
English
Etymology
The town name is from Walloon espa (“fountain, spring”), which could be from Latin spargere (“to spread, scatter”) or spatium (“free space”).
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Dictionnaire des noms de lieux en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Jean-Jacques Jespers, 2005, éd. Racine
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