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Lisboa.

Lisbon (a municipality and capital city of Portugal)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/lizˈbo(w).ɐ/Brazil[lizˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]Brazil/liʒˈbo(w).ɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[liʒˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. Lisbon (a municipality and capital city of Portugal)

    feminine

  2. Lisbon (a district in central Portugal)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor.? Tartessianbor.? Phoeniciander.? Latin Olisīpō Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor. Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa Portuguese Lisboa Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, borrowed from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), borrowed from Vulgar Latin Olisipona. Doublet of Olissipo.

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