Meanings
- historyAn ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
- archaicpoeticPortugal.
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!
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 125 - historicalThe 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.
2013 November 28, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- LatinLūsītānus
- LatinLūsītānia
- EnglishLusitania
Borrowed from Latin Lūsītānia. By surface analysis, Lusitan + -ia.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan Lusitània
- Lusitàniaancient Roman province
Esperanto Luzitanio
- Luzitanioancient Roman province
French Lusitanie
- Lusitanieancient Roman province
German Lusitanien
- Lusitanienancient Roman province
Italian Lusitania
- Lusitaniaancient Roman province
Latin Lusitania
- Lusitaniaancient Roman province
Polish Luzytania
- Luzytaniaancient Roman province
Portuguese Lusitânia
- Lusitâniaancient Roman province
Romanian Lusitania
- Lusitaniaancient Roman province
Russian Лузитания
- Лузитания (Luzitanija)ancient Roman province
Spanish Lusitania
- Lusitaniaancient Roman province
Ukrainian Лузітанія
- Лузітанія (Luzitanija)ancient Roman province
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Cite this entry
Lusitania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lusitania
“Lusitania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lusitania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lusitania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lusitania.
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