lusitanian

lusitanian is the alternative spelling of Lusitanian.

Adjective capitalized: Lusitanian

Lusitanian (comparative more Lusitanian, superlative most Lusitanian)

Of or pertaining to ancient Roman province of Lusitania, its people or culture.
Of or pertaining to Portugal, its people or culture; Portuguese.
- Lusitanian wines
Having a range restricted to Iberia and Ireland.

Lusitanian (plural Lusitanians)

Lusitanian

An extinct paleo-Hispanic language
The variety of Portuguese spoken in Portugal.
- Eu vai, serves for "I go," "I went," or, "I will go." Adjectives, too, have been deprived of their feminine and plural terminations, so that the language is reduced to a marvellous simplicity, and, with the admixture of a few Malay words, becomes rather puzzling to one who has heard only the pure...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 42

From Lusitania + -an.

What does lusitanian mean?: Lusitanian means of or pertaining to ancient Roman province of Lusitania, its people or culture.
What is lusitanian the alternative spelling of?: Lusitanian is the alternative spelling of Lusitanian.
What part of speech is lusitanian?: Lusitanian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

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