Lisbonite

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UK, US/ˈlɪz.bə.naɪt/

noun

A person from Lisbon, Portugal.

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Lisboner
OriginEnglish Lisbon ← French Lisbonne ← Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) →
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Meanings

nounLisbonite (plural Lisbonites)

plural Lisbonites

  1. A person from Lisbon, Portugal.

    The only true Lisbonite in our family is my sister, Tacha, who was born in 1992.

    2006, Marco de Andrade, Em casa: a Portuguese family's favourite recipes, page 32
    1 more example

    And the Lisbonites did not more disbelieve in, and dream less of their coming ruin, than Cecil did his, […]

    1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “After a Richmond Dinner”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 131

    Synonyms: Lisboner

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person from Lisbon, Portugal.

Similar
Lisboner
Also see
lisboner

Origin

  1. LatinOlisīpō
  2. Vulgar LatinOlisipona
  3. Arabicلِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)
  4. FrenchLisbonne
  5. EnglishLisbon
  6. EnglishLisbonite

From Lisbon + -ite.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nobelitis
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APA

Lisbonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lisbonite

MLA

“Lisbonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lisbonite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lisbonite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lisbonite.

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