Lusitania

[ loo-si-tey-nee-uh ]
/ ˌlu sɪˈteɪ ni ə /

noun

(italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic 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
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British Dictionary definitions for lusitanian (1 of 2)

Lusitanian
/ (ˌluːsɪˈteɪnɪən) /

adjective

mainly poetic of or relating to Lusitania or Portugal
biology denoting flora or fauna characteristically found only in the warm, moist, west-facing coastal regions of Portugal, Spain, France, and the west and southwest coasts of Great Britain and Ireland

British Dictionary definitions for lusitanian (2 of 2)

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 lusitanian

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.

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