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Lisbon

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Etymology

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As the capital of Portugal, from French Lisbonne, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), from Latin Olisīpō, the origin of which is uncertain.[1] Older spellings include Ulixbona and Ulixbuna (in the Visigothic era); Ὀλισσιπών (Olissipṓn) or Ὀλισσιπόνα (Olissipóna) (by Greek writers), Olisippo (by Pliny the Elder), and Ulyssippo (by Pomponius Mela of Hispania), the last of which relates to the first-century Roman folk etymology that it was founded by and named after Ulysses; another common folk etymology is the Phoenician 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤑 𐤏𐤁𐤀 (ʿlyṣ ʿbʾ /⁠ʿaliṣ-ʿuboʾ⁠/, “safe harbour”), but there is not much evidence for such words. Another possibility, based on hydronomy of the area, derives the name from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio.

In other senses, with reference to the Portuguese city.

More at Lisbon.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lisbon

  2. A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; capital city of Portugal.
  3. A district of Portugal around the capital.
  4. (metonymically) The Portuguese government.
  5. A city, the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota, United States.
  6. A village, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

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Translations

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Noun

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Lisbon

  1. A sweet, light-coloured wine from Portugal.
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:
      We had plenty of port wine and Lisbon, which, with uninterrupted good humour, made the hours glide rapidly away.

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References

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  1. ^ Jack Malcolm, Lisbon: City of the Sea: A History (2007)

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Proper noun

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Lisbon f (not mutable)

  1. Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
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