Lusitania

[ loo-si-tey-nee-uh ]

/ ˌlu sɪˈteɪ ni ə /

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noun

(italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic Ocean on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.

an ancient region and Roman province in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding generally to modern Portugal.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Lusitania

Lu·si·ta·ni·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Lusitania

lusher, lushhead, Lushootseed, Lüshun, lushy, Lusitania, Lusitanian, Luso-, lust, luster, lustered

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How to use Lusitania in a sentence

She enjoys the first of her new supply while murmuring "how dreadful" while reading at breakfast of the sinking of the Lusitania.
David's Bookclub: Time Regained|David Frum|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I know not how the collection of the author of the Bibliotheca Lusitania became part of the royal library.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Nearly everybody, however, believed at the last moment that Sirdeller had transferred his passage to the Lusitania.
The Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Lusitania happened to be importing goods available in war, therefore the Lusitania must be sunk.
Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers

It is still a matter of mystery to the directing Prussian mind why the sinking of the Lusitania should have shocked the world.
Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers
But the two great factors in the national change of feeling were the Lusitania and the training-camps.
The Marne|Edith Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for Lusitania

Lusitania

/ (ˌluːsɪˈteɪnɪə) /

noun

an ancient region of the W Iberian Peninsula: a Roman province from 27 bc to the late 4th century ad; corresponds to most of present-day Portugal and the Spanish provinces of Salamanca and Cáceres

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Cultural definitions for Lusitania

Lusitania

[ (looh-suh-tay-nee-uh) ]

A British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland in 1915. Germany, then at war with Britain but not with the United States (see World War I), had warned Americans against traveling on the ship. More than a hundred Americans died in the sinking. The incident worsened relations between Germany and the United States and encouraged American involvement in the war.