You think you know your A-B-Cs, but do you know them in Spanish too? Thankfully the entrants in the first ever National Spanish Spelling Bee did, spelling their way through words like kanindeyuense (someone from a Paraguayan territory). But what was more unusual than the words to be spelled was where this prestigious event was held.

Forget sangria in sunny Spain or margaritas in Mexico, for this spelling bonanza took place across the pond in the—predominantly English-speaking—United States. New Mexico to be precise.

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