Lisbon
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪzbən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪzbən
Proper noun
Lisbon
- A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; capital city of Portugal.
- A district of Portugal around the capital.
- (metonymically) The Portuguese government.
- A city, the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota, United States.
- A village, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.
Synonyms
- (capital of Portugal): Olisipo (historical), Lisboa
- (village in Ohio, USA): New Lisbon (historical)
Derived terms
Translations
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Noun
Lisbon
- 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.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:
See also
References
- ^ Jack Malcolm, Lisbon: City of the Sea: A History (2007)
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈlɪsbən/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈlɪzbən/
Proper noun
Lisbon f (not mutable)
- Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
- English terms borrowed from French
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