Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to the territory or people of Lusitania, a province of ancient Spain (Hispania), including almost all of modern Portugal and part of modern Spain, and now used as a political synonym of Portugal; hence, Portuguese.
- n. An inhabitant of ancient Lusitania or of modern Portugal; a Portuguese.
Wiktionary
- adj. alternative spelling of Lusitanian.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language
Examples
“It was an attempt by the colonial regime to reinforce the feeling of community through the creation of an image of an enemy that put the “lusitanian community” in danger.”
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““Eemian sediments were recognized because of the presence of lusitanian and mediterranean mollusc species.””
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“Noteworthy among the wars of the Spaniards against Roman domination are those of Viriathus (150-140 B.C.), a lusitanian chieftain; the struggle of Numantia (133), which imitated the example set by Saguntum; that of Sertorius, a partisan of Marius, who was proscribed by Sulla, fled to Spain, and there put himself at the head of the Spaniards.”
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