Lisbõa

See also: Lisboa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Olisīpō, from Phoenician or Tartessian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liz.ˈbõ.a/

Proper noun

Lisbõa

A city in central Portugal.
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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

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