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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA city in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. · The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, a motor racing circuit located near the city of Spa.
The town name is from Walloon espa (“fountain, spring”), which could be from Latin spargere (“to spread, scatter”) or spatium (“free space”).
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