411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Lusitanian
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
lusitanian
English
Etymology
From en Lusitania -n. en Lusitan -ian.
Pronunciation
en eɪniən 5
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ancient Roman province of Lusitania, its people or culture.
en Lusitan Lusitanic
Of or pertaining to Portugal, its people or culture; Portuguese.
en Lusitan Lusitanic
en Lusitanian wines
en biogeography Having a range restricted to Iberia and Ireland.
Derived terms
en lusitanize
Translations
of or pertaining to ancient Roman province of Lusitania
Catalan: ca lusità
Esperanto: eo luzitana
French: fr lusitan / fr lusitain, fr lusitanien
Galician: gl luso, gl lusitano
German: de lusitanisch
Italian: it lusitano, it lusiade
Polish: pl luzytański
Portuguese: pt lusitano, pt luso
Romanian: ro lusitan
Russian: ru лузита́нский
Spanish: es luso, es lusitano
Ukrainian: uk лузітанський
Noun
A native or inhabitant of ancient Lusitania.
Translations
native or inhabitant of ancient Lusitania
Catalan: ca lusità m
Esperanto: eo luzitano
French: fr Lusitan m / fr Lusitain m, fr Lusitane f / fr Lusitaine f, fr Lusitanien m, fr Lusitanienne f
German: de Lusitaner m, de Lusitanerin f
Italian: it lusitano, it lusitana
Polish: pl Luzytańczyk m
Proper noun
An extinct paleo-Hispanic language
The variety of Portuguese spoken in Portugal.
en 1869 Alfred Russel Wallace The Malay Archipelago Macmillan and Co. I London 42 Eu vai, serves for "I go," "I went," or, "I will go." Adjectives, too, have been deprived of their feminine and plural terminations, so that the language is reduced to a marvellous simplicity, and, with the admixture of a few Malay words, becomes rather puzzling to one who has heard only the pure Lusitanian.
Translations
an extinct paleo-Hispanic language
German: de Lusitanisch n
en Extinct languages