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8,200 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Escalante
proper noun
a surname
Escalda
proper noun
Scheldt (river)
Escalona
proper noun
a surname
Escalón
proper noun
a surname
Escamilla
proper noun
a surname
Escandinavia
proper noun
Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands); Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula)
Escania
proper noun
Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula); Skåne, Scania (a county in southern Sweden)
Escarzaga
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Escila
proper noun
Scylla (personification of the rock)
Escitia
proper noun
Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)
Escobar
proper noun
a surname
Escobedo
proper noun
a surname
Escocia
proper noun
Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Escolástica
proper noun
a female given name
Escorial
proper noun
El Escorial (a royal palace in Madrid)
Escorpio
proper noun
Scorpio (constellation); Scorpio (astrological sign)
Escorpión
proper noun
Scorpius (constellation)
Escoto
proper noun
a surname
Escovar
proper noun
a surname
Escribano
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation
Escudero
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation
Escuintla
proper noun
a department of Guatemala
Escévola
proper noun
Scaevola
Esdras
proper noun
Ezra (the book of the Bible); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ezra
Esex
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Essex
Esfacteria
proper noun
Sphacteria
Esfinge
proper noun
Sphinx (large monument in Egypt); Sphinx (Greek mythological creature)
Esguiçaro
noun, masculine
obsolete spelling of esguízaro
Eslava
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Eslavonia
proper noun
Slavonia (a region of Croatia)
Eslovaquia
proper noun
Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)
Eslovenia
proper noun
Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)
Esmeralda
proper noun
a town in Camagüey, Cuba; a female given name
Esmeraldas
proper noun
a province of Ecuador; a city in Ecuador; a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Esmirna
proper noun
Smyrna (an ancient city in Asia Minor, in modern Turkey); İzmir (a modern city, the capital of İzmir Province, in western Turkey)
Esopo
proper noun
Aesop
European Economic Area
Esparta
proper noun
Sparta
Espartaco
proper noun
Spartacus
Espartero
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation
Esparza
proper noun
a surname from Basque
España
proper noun
Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula); Peninsular Spain; the letter E in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Españistán
proper noun
Spain
Español
proper noun
a surname
Espeleta
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Esperancejo
proper noun
Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so
Esperanza
proper noun
a female given name
Espina
proper noun
a surname from Catalan
Espinal
proper noun
a surname
Espinar
proper noun
a province of Cusco, Peru
Espindola
proper noun
a surname
Espinosa
proper noun
a surname
Espinoza
proper noun
a surname, variant of Espinosa
Espiridión
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Spyridon
Espíndola
proper noun
a surname
Espírito Santo
proper noun
Espírito Santo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil; capital: Vitória)
Espíritu Santo
proper noun
the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost
Esquel
proper noun
a city in Chubut, Argentina
Esquilo
proper noun
Aeschylus
Esquivel
proper noun
a surname from Basque