لشبونة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أُشْبُونَة (ʔušbūna) — archaic

Etymology

From Latin Olisīpō, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liʃ.buː.na/

Proper noun

لِشْبُونَة • (Lišbūna) f

1. Lisbon (a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; capital city of Portugal)

Declension

Declension of noun لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna)

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	لِشْبُونَة lišbūna	—
Nominative	—	لِشْبُونَةُ lišbūnatu	—
Accusative	—	لِشْبُونَةَ lišbūnata	—
Genitive	—	لِشْبُونَةَ lišbūnata	—

Descendants

• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Lixbõa, Lisbõa
  • Galician: Lisboa
  • Portuguese: Lisboa (see there for further descendants)
  • → Mirandese: Lisboua
• French: Lisbonne
  • English: Lisbon
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لیزبون (Lizbon)
    • Turkish: Lizbon
  • → Armenian: Լիզպոն (Lizpon)
• German: Lissabon
• Italian: Lisbona

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), influenced by Portuguese Lisboa hence the pronunciation switch of ū to ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liʃ.boː.na/, /lɪʃ.bo̞ː.na/

Proper noun

لشبونة • (lišbōna) f

1. Lisbon (a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; capital city of Portugal)