Lisboa
See also: Lisbõa
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Lisboa.
Proper noun
Lisboa
- Dated form of Lisbon.
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lisboa f
- Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
Related terms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō, possibly from Phoenician or Tartessian.
Proper noun
Lisboa f
- Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Lisboa
- Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Lisboa
- Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō, possibly from Phoenician or Tartessian. Doublet of Olissipo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lizˈbo(w).ɐ/ [lizˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /liʒˈbo(w).ɐ/ [liʒˈbo(ʊ̯).ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lizˈbo(w).a/ [lizˈbo(ʊ̯).a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /liʒˈbo.ɐ/ [liʒˈβo.ɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /liʒˈbo(w).ɐ/ [liʒˈβo(w).ɐ]
- (Lisbon) IPA(key): /lɨʒˈbo.ɐ/, [lɨʒˈβo.ɐ]
Audio (Portugal): (file) - Hyphenation: Lis‧bo‧a
Proper noun
Lisboa f
- Lisbon (a municipality and capital city of Portugal)
- Cidade de Lisboa ― City of Lisbon
- Município de Lisboa ― Lisbon Municipality
- Lisbon (a district in central Portugal)
Usage notes
Lisboa is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Derived terms
- lisboense
- lisboês
- lisboeta
- lisbonense
- Nova Lisboa
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Lisboa, displacing Spanish Lisbona, both from Latin Olisīpō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lisˈboa/ [lizˈβ̞o.a]
- Rhymes: -oa
- Syllabification: Lis‧bo‧a
Proper noun
Lisboa f
- Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)