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
  • 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)
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