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Where does “Lusitania” come from?

Lusitania derives from Latin Lusitānia, referring to the Roman province in Iberia, ultimately from a pre-Latin Iberian language source of uncertain etymology.

Lusitania (English): the Roman province in what is now Portugal

Definitions

  1. the Roman province in what is now Portugal

Ancestry of “Lusitania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLūsitānia—

Words derived from “Lusitania”

  • Lusophone
  • lusophone
  • lusófono
Every word from Latin Lūsitānia →