Lisbon

English

Etymology

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 (Alis-Ubo, “safe harbour”).

Another possibility, based on hydronomy of the area, derives the name from 's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪzbən/

Proper noun

Lisbon

1. The capital of Portugal and of the district of Lisbon.
2. A district of Portugal.
3. A city, the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota, United States.
4. A village, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

Derived terms

• Lisboner
• Lisbonite

Translations

capital of Portugal

• Albanian: Lisbonës
• Arabic: لِشْبُونَة f (lišbūna), (archaic) أُشْبُونَة f (ʔušbūna)
• Armenian: Լիսաբոն (hy) (Lisabon)
• Basque: Lisboa (eu)
• Belarusian: Лісабо́н m (Lisabón)
• Bulgarian: Лисабон m (Lisabon)
• Catalan: Lisboa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里斯本 (zh) (Lǐsīběn)

• Czech: Lisabon (cs) m
• Danish: Lissabon
• Dutch: Lissabon (nl) n
• Esperanto: Lisbono
• Finnish: Lissabon (fi)
• French: Lisbonne (fr) f
• Galician: Lisboa (gl) f
• Georgian: ლისაბონი (lisaboni)
• German: Lissabon (de) n
• Greek: Λισσαβώνα f (Lissavóna)
• Hebrew: ליסבון
• Hindi: लिस्बन (lisban)
• Hungarian: Lisszabon (hu)
• Icelandic: Lissabon f
• Irish: Liospóin f
• Italian: Lisbona (it) f
• Japanese: リスボン (ja) (Risubon)
• Korean: 리스본 (ko) (riseubon)
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• Latin: Olisīpō
• Latvian: Lisabona f
• Lithuanian: Lisabona (lt) f
• Macedonian: Ли́сабон m (Lísabon)
• Maltese: Lisbona
• Middle French: Lissebonne
• Mirandese: Lisboua
• Norwegian: Lisboa (no), Lissabon (no)
• Persian: لیسبون (lisbon)
• Polish: Lizbona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lisboa (pt) f
• Romanian: Lisabona (ro)
• Romansch: Lisbona f
• Russian: Лиссабо́н (ru) m (Lissabón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лисабон m

  Roman: Lisabon m

• Slovak: Lisabon m
• Slovene: Lizbóna (sl) f
• Spanish: Lisboa (es) f
• Swedish: Lissabon (sv)
• Thai: ลิสบอน (th) (lís-bɔ̂n)
• Turkish: Lizbon
• Ukrainian: Лісабо́н m (Lisabón)
• Urdu: لسبن (lisban)
• Vietnamese: Lisboa

Noun

Lisbon

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

See also

• Lisboa

Anagrams

• Bolins, bolins