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Lisbon   /lˈɪzbən/   Listen
Lisbon

noun
1.
Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic.  Synonyms: capital of Portugal, Lisboa.






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... O.S.A., Colegio de Agustinos, Valladolid; Sr. Antonio Rodriguez Villa, Biblioteca de la Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid; Sr. Roman Murillo y Ollo, Librarian, Real Academia Espanola, Madrid; and officials of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid; Sr. Gabriel Pereira, Director of Bibliotheca Nacional, Lisbon; Sr. P.A. d'Azevedo, Director of Archivo Nacional (Torre do Tombo), Lisbon; Sr. Jose Duarte Ramalho Ortigao (director) and Sr. Jordao A. de Freitas (official), Bibliotheca Real da Ajuda, Lisbon; officials of Academia Real das Sciencias, ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 • Emma Helen Blair

... New World, was invited by the Spanish ambassador to take part in an expedition against the encroaching French. "They can do no harm at Baccalaos," was the cold reply; "and so," adds the indignant ambassador, "this King would say if they should come and take him here at Lisbon; such is the softness they show here on the one hand, while, on the other, they wish to give ...
— Pioneers Of France In The New World • Francis Parkman, Jr.

... in Portugal, good and ancient cities, and principally my birthplace, Lisbon; we have good manners, and good courtiers and valiant cavaliers and courageous princes, both in war and in peace, and above all we have a very powerful and splendid king, who with great calmness tempers and governs us, and commands ...
— Michael Angelo Buonarroti • Charles Holroyd

... on the astute brother-in-law, to whom Fortune now beckoned to come to her and gather his laurels from the pig-tails. About the same time the Countess sailed over from Lisbon on a visit to her sister Harriet (in reality, it was whispered in the Cogglesby saloons, on a diplomatic mission from the Court of Lisbon; but that could not be made ostensible). The Countess narrowly examined ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... to have read the account, as well as that of a very similar one that occurred some years ago at Lisbon, which is, you know, the capital of Portugal. I have, at home, a very interesting narrative of an earthquake that happened at Calabria, in the southern part of Italy. It is related by Father Kircher, who was considered as a prodigy of learning, and was also a very excellent man. When we return ...
— Domestic pleasures - or, the happy fire-side • F. B. Vaux


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