Lisbon

From Latin Olisīpō, the origin of which is uncertain.[1] 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 (ʿlyṣ ʿbʾ /ʿaliṣ-ʿuboʾ/, “safe harbour”), but there is not much evidence for such words. More likely it is from Proto-Celtic *lussus (“medicinal herb, vegetable”) + Proto-Celtic *bonus (“base”), the Welsh equivalent being llys (“plant”) + bôn (“base”). Thus "settlement with medicinal herbs".

Another possibility, based on hydronomy of the area, derives the name from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio, which may also be from Proto-Celtic *lussus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪzbən/

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Lisbon

1. The capital city of Portugal; capital city of Lisbon district.
2. (metonymically) the Portuguese government
3. A district of Portugal.
4. A city, the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota, United States.
5. A village, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, originally named New Lisbon.

• Lisboner
• Lisbonite
• New Lisbon

Lisbon

1. A sweet, light-coloured wine from Portugal.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:

     We had plenty of port wine and Lisbon, which, with uninterrupted good humour, made the hours glide rapidly away.

• Lisboa

• Bolins, bolins