Lisbon

Meanings

Proper Noun

• capital city Portugal (country) ; capital city Lisbon (district).
• district Portugal (country).
• city, county seat Ransom County (county) North Dakota (state) USA (country).
• village, county seat Columbiana County (county) Ohio (state) USA (country), originally named New Lisbon.

Noun

• A sweet, light-coloured wine from Portugal.

Origin

• From Latin Olisīpō, the origin of which is uncertain. Older spellings include Ulixbona and Ulixbuna (in the Visigothic era); Ὀλισσιπών or Ὀλισσιπόνα (by Greek writers), Olisippo (by Pliny the Elder), and Ulyssippo (by Pomponius Mela of Hispania), the last of which relates to the first-century Roman folk etymology that it was founded by and named after Ulysses; another common folk etymology is the Phoenician 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤑 𐤏𐤁𐤀.
• Another possibility, based on hydronomy of the area, derives the name from 's appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio.