Lisbõa

See also: Lisboa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Olisīpō, from Phoenician or Tartessian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis.ˈbõ.a/

Proper noun

Lisbõa

1. A city in central Portugal.
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 277 (facsimile):

     Eles de Liſbõa eran. ⁊ atal preito poſerõ. ontreſſi q̇ correr foſſẽo Algarue ſi fezeron.

     They were from Lisbon. And agreed among themselves to go to Algarve and they did that.

Descendants

• Galician: Lisboa
• Portuguese: Lisboa