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Lisbon.

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

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name/ˈlɪzbən/

  1. A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

  2. A district of Portugal around the capital.

  3. The Portuguese government.

    metonymically

  4. A number of places in the United States: A town in New London County, Connecticut.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Lake County, Florida.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Kendall County, Illinois.

  7. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Noble County, Indiana.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A city in Linn County, Iowa.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.

  12. A number of places in the United States: A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

  13. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Howard County, Missouri.

  14. A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

  15. A number of places in the United States: A town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named after Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

  16. A number of places in the United States: A township in Sampson County, North Carolina.

  17. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota.

  18. A number of places in the United States: A village, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio.

  19. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio.

  20. A number of places in the United States: A township in Davison County, South Dakota.

  21. A number of places in the United States: A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.

  22. A number of places in the United States: A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor.? Tartessianbor.? Phoeniciander.? Latin Olisīpō Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor. Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor. French Lisbonnebor. English Lisbon As the capital of Portugal, from French Lisbonne, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), from Latin Olisīpō, the origin of which is uncertain. 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 hydronymy of the area, derives the name from Paleo-Hispanic's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio. In other senses, with reference to the Portuguese city.

noun/ˈlɪzbən/

  1. A sweet, light-coloured wine from Portugal.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor.? Tartessianbor.? Phoeniciander.? Latin Olisīpō Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor. Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor. French Lisbonnebor. English Lisbon As the capital of Portugal, from French Lisbonne, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), from Latin Olisīpō, the origin of which is uncertain. 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 hydronymy of the area, derives the name from Paleo-Hispanic's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio. In other senses, with reference to the Portuguese city.

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