Luso
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Luso
- Former name of Luena (“city in Angola”).
Portuguese
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Lusus.png/250px-Lusus.png)
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Lusus (“Lusus, supposed Roman god”), from lūsum (“game”).
Proper noun
[edit]Luso m
- (Roman mythology) Lusus (Roman god; supposed son or companion of Bacchus)
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 3rd canto:
- Eſta foy Luſitania diriuada, / De Luſo, ou Lyſa: que de Bacho antigo, / Filhos forão pareçe, ou companheiros […]
- This was Lusitania, whose name derives from Lusus or Lysa, sons, it seems, of ancient Bacchus, or his companions […]
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 3rd canto:
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin Lucius.
Proper noun
[edit]Luso m
Derived terms
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