LUSITANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lusitania mean? 

• LUSITANIA (noun)
  The noun LUSITANIA has 1 sense:

1. ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain

  Familiarity information: LUSITANIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUSITANIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Lusitania" is a part of...):

Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

Derivation:

Lusitanian (of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language)