Lisbon

Meanings

1. A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.
2. A district of Portugal around the capital.
3. The Portuguese government.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A town in New London County, Connecticut.
6. A census-designated place in Lake County, Florida.
7. A village and township in Kendall County, Illinois.
8. An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Noble County, Indiana.
9. A city in Linn County, Iowa.
10. A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
11. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
12. A census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.

1. A sweet, light-coloured wine from Portugal.

Etymology

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor.? Tartessianbor.? Phoeniciander.? Latin Olisīpō Vulgar Latin Olisiponabor. Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)bor. French Lisbonnebor. English Lisbon As the capital of Portugal, from French Lisbonne, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), from Latin Olisīpō, the origin of which is uncertain. 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. Another possibility, based on hydronymy of the area, derives the name from Paleo-Hispanic's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio. In other senses, with reference to the Portuguese city.