لشبونة

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • أُشْبُونَة (ʔušbūna)archaic

Etymology

From Latin Olisīpō, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liʃ.buː.na/

Proper noun

لِشْبُونَة • (Lišbūnaf

  1. Lisbon (a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal)

Declension

Declension of noun لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)
singular singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal لِشْبُونَة
lišbūna
nominative لِشْبُونَةُ
lišbūnatu
accusative لِشْبُونَةَ
lišbūnata
genitive لِشْبُونَةَ
lišbūnata

Descendants

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Lixbõa, Lisbõa
    • Galician: Lisboa
    • Portuguese: Lisboa (see there for further descendants)
  • French: Lisbonne
  • German: Lissabon
  • Italian: Lisbona

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liʃ.boː.na/, /liʃ.buː.na/

Proper noun

لشبونة • (lišbōna or lišbūnaf

  1. Lisbon (a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal)