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/lˌusətˈeɪniə/ Listen

Lusitania

noun

Ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain.

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"Lusitania" Quotes from Famous Books

... islands known to almost everyone by reason of the great number of those that journey to and fro. And there are two not far from the neighborhood of the Strait of Gades, one the Blessed Isle and another called the Fortunate. Although some reckon as islands of Ocean the twin promontories of Galicia and Lusitania, where are still to be seen the Temple of Hercules on one and Scipio's Monument on the other, yet since they are joined to the extremity of the Galician country, they belong rather to the great land of Europe than to the islands of Ocean. However, it 8 has other islands deeper within its own tides, ...

— The Origin and Deeds of the Goths • Jordanes

... could not be substantiated he insisted that there was no ground for forgetting or ignoring the findings of the American enquiry in Belgium which had established more than enough. These horrors, the bombing of civilians, shelling of open towns and sinking of passenger ships culminating with the Lusitania, were in the main what brought America into the war. Here, as with England, Chesterton did not admit as primary what has since been so exclusively stressed—the economic motive. Here as with England he took the volunteer army as one great proof of the will ...

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... New York, and as I went up Fulton Street to take the Subway to Brooklyn, the lights in the tall buildings of New York seemed to be burning brighter than usual, as if they, too, had read "Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!" They seemed to be glowing with anger and righteous indignation, and their ...

— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey

Words linked to "Lusitania" : Espana, Portuguese Republic, geographical region, geographical area, Portugal, geographic area, geographic region, Kingdom of Spain, Spain