Where does “Lusitânia” come from?

Lusitânia (Portuguese) comes from Latin Lūsitānia — A province of Roman Hispania, covering what is now southern Portugal and parts of western Spain such as Extremadura.

Lusitânia (Portuguese): poetic name for Portugal

Definitions

  1. poetic name for Portugal

Ancestry of “Lusitânia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLūsitāniaA province of Roman Hispania, covering what is now southern Portugal and parts of western Spain such as Extremadura
Every word from Latin Lūsitānia