Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian Peninsula. It corresponded roughly to modern-day Portugal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian peninsula, corresponding roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain.
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- proper noun ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal
- proper noun archaic, poetic
Portugal
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- noun ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain
Etymologies
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Examples
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The business has come through plenty of tough times since Romans planted vines in this patch of their empire they called Lusitania.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The Lusitania was the archetype for this by Patrick Lafferty on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 11: 24: 00 PM
Facts Suggest Motivation For 911 Far More Complicated Than Anyone Could Imagine 2009
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You know, attacking the Lusitania was a strategic propaganda act, if you like.
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The Lusitania was a warship on the list of English auxiliary cruisers and carried armament of twelve strongly mounted guns.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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The Lusitania was a British auxiliary cruiser, a man-of-war.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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The fact is that the Lusitania was a British war vessel under orders of the Admiralty to carry a cargo of contraband of war.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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The sinking of the Lusitania is another demonstration that the present
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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The Lusitania is the turning point in our history.
The Life and Letters of Walter H Page Hendrick, Burton J 1922
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The sinking of the Lusitania was the logical result, not of the war, but of the line in the Kaiser's character which I have been endeavouring to portray -- of the greed, of the desire for something startling and something striking, and the satisfaction of his, blood lust.
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As a great transatlantic liner, the Lusitania was a product of the race for speed, which was carried on for years among larger steamship companies, particularly of England and Germany.
History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895
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