Lisboa

Meaning

(feminine) Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
(feminine) Lisbon (a district in central Portugal)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

Lis‧bo‧a

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lizˈbo.ɐ/

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.

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Sentences

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1

inferno destruiu metade de Lisboa durante a

inquisição portuguesa .

A hell destroyed half of Lisbon during the Portuguese inquisition.

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