Lisbon
['lizbən]
Definition
(noun.) capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic.
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Definition
(n.) A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.
Editor: Rena
Definition
n. a light-coloured wine from Estremadura in Portugal.
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Examples
- Mr Barretti was informed, that the weekly packet-boat from Lisbon brings, one week with another, more than ?50,000 in gold to England. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon to Zanzibar, and thence, with an Arab pilot, he struck across the Indian Ocean to Calicut in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Foreign capitals are every day intruding themselves, if I may say so, more and more into the trade of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He knew that the Marquis, when he last came down to Lisbon, had been in the habit of dining with Mr. Archdeacon and his wife. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The annual importation of the precious metals into Cadiz and Lisbon, indeed, is not equal to the whole annual produce of the mines of America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The courier from Valladolid to Lisbon was ordered to make a detour, so as to take Jarandilla in his route, and bring supplies for the royal table. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Have the exorbitant profits of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon augmented the capital of Spain and Portugal? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It had long ago been decided in a noisy public meeting in the main cabin that we could not go to Lisbon, because we must surely be quarantined there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I left Lisbon the 24th day of November, in an English merchantman, but who was the master I never inquired. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- If I remained at Lisbon, I should see no more of him than by remaining in London. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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