Lusitania
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Lusitania
- /luː.sɪˈteɪ.nɪə/ UK
- /lu.sɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/ US
Rhymes with -eɪniə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Lūsītānia. By surface analysis, Lusitan + -ia.
proper noun
- An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
- Portugal. Yet this, as well as most of the forts in the Moluccas, was originally built by the Portuguese themselves. Oh! Lusitania, how art thou fallen!
- The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I. The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.
Translations
Talk about this word "Lusitania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lusitania. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Lusitania. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lusitania "Lusitania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lusitania.Cite this
@misc{lusitania_2026,
title = {Lusitania},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lusitania},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
