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from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.
  • noun An inhabitant of ancient Lusitania or of modern Portugal; a Portuguese.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative spelling of Lusitanian.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language

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