Lisboa

See also: Lisbõa

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Lisboa.

Proper noun

Lisboa

1. Dated form of Lisbon.

Anagrams

• bolias, abilos

Catalan

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Related terms

• lisboeta

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō, possibly from Phoenician or Tartessian.

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Related terms

• lisboeta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Lissabon

Proper noun

Lisboa

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Lisboa

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Portuguese

Lisboa

Alternative forms

• Lx.ª, Lx., LX, Lx (abbreviation)
• Lixboa (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō, possibly from Phoenician or Tartessian. Doublet of Olissipo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lizˈbo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lizˈbo.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lizˈbo.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo.ɐ/ [liʒˈβo.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo.ɐ/ [liʒˈβo.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liʒˈbo(w).ɐ/ [liʒˈβo(w).ɐ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: Lis‧bo‧a

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
2. Lisbon (a district in central Portugal)

Usage notes

Lisboa is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

• lisboense
• lisboês
• lisboeta
• lisbonense
• Nova Lisboa

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: Lisboa
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Lisboa
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Lisboa
• → Spanish: Lisboa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Lisboa, displacing Spanish Lisbona, both from Latin Olisīpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lisˈboa/ [lizˈβ̞o.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: Lis‧bo‧a

Proper noun

Lisboa f

1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

Related terms

• lisboeta