Lisbon

[liz-buhn]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.

Lisbon

/ ˈlɪzbən /

noun

1. Portuguese name: Lisboa. the capital and chief port of Portugal, in the southwest on the Tagus estuary: became capital in 1256; subject to earthquakes and severely damaged in 1755; university (1911). Pop: 1 892 891 (2001)

Lisbon

1. Capital of Portugal and largest city in the country, located in western Portugal on the Tagus River where it broadens to enter the Atlantic Ocean; a major port, and Portugal's political, economic, and cultural center.

Because Lisbon was a neutral city, it became a center for international political activity during World War II.

Example Sentences

It meant she missed her regular funicular ride down the hill with a work friend on their commute home from the office in the centre of Lisbon.

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Three British nationals were killed in the Lisbon funicular crash, Portuguese police have said.

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Officials in Lisbon had initially put the death toll at 17, however that number was later revised down to 16 after they discovered a person who died in hospital overnight had been counted twice.

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Among the dead are seven men and eight women, and foreigners, Margarida Castro Martins, head of Lisbon's Civil Protection Agency, said on Thursday.

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Police are still investigating the cause of the crash, which killed at least 17 people and injured 20 more, some critically, near Lisbon's Avenida da Liberdade in the Portuguese capital.

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