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Lisbon

/ˈlɪzbən/

Lisbon proper noun: a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

Proper noun

Lisbon

  1. A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.
    • We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2024
  2. A district of Portugal around the capital.
    Synonyms:
    Olisipo, Lisboa
  3. (metonymically) The Portuguese government.
  4. A town in New London County, Connecticut.
  5. A census-designated place in Lake County, Florida.
  6. A village and township in Kendall County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Noble County, Indiana.
  8. A city in Linn County, Iowa.
  9. A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
  11. A census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.
  12. A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Missouri.
  2. A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  3. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named after Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
  4. A township in Sampson County, North Carolina.
  5. A city, the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota.
  6. A village, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio.
  7. An unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio.
  8. A township in Davison County, South Dakota.
  9. A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
  10. A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Noun

Lisbon

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

Lisbon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Lisbon in Hindi

capital city of Portugal
लिस्बन lisban

Lisbon in Tamil

capital city of Portugal
லிஸ்பன் lispaṉ

Lisbon in Urdu

capital city of Portugal
لسبن lisban

Lisbon in Bengali

capital city of Portugal
লিসবন lisbon
More languagesFewer languages
Lisbon in Pashto
لزبن Lezbón, لېزبن Lezbon
Lisbon in Arabic
لِشْبُونَة lišbūna, أُشْبُونَة ʔušbūna
Lisbon in Persian
لیسبون
Lisbon in Thai
ลิสบอน lís-bɔ̂n
Lisbon in Vietnamese
Li-xboa
Lisbon in Myanmar
လစ်စဘွန်းမြို့ lacca.bhwan:mrui.

Synonyms of Lisbon

Origin of 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.

Words formed from Lisbon

Words that rhyme with Lisbon

Questions about Lisbon

What does Lisbon mean?
Lisbon means a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.
What is Lisbon in Hindi?
Lisbon in Hindi is लिस्बन (lisban). See Lisbon meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Lisbon?
Lisbon can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Lisbon?
Lisbon is pronounced /ˈlɪzbən/.

Words near Lisbon in the dictionary

  1. Lisarow
  2. LISAs
  3. Lisaw
  4. Lisaws
  5. Lisboa
  6. Lisbon
  7. Lisbon Falls
  8. Lisboner
  9. Lisboners
  10. Lisbonite
  11. Lisbonites

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