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US
/ˈɫɪzbən/
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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
How To Use Lisbon In A Sentence
- When they got to Lisbon there was a telex from Tex Weston offering to buy the aircraft for ten thousand pounds. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
- Assuming of course (4) that Germany, which wants to revise the Lisbon Treaty to apply the new rules EU-wide, and France, which wants nothing to do with a re-opening of the Treaty and therefore wants the fines to apply only in euroland, can resolve their differences. Euroland Should Prepare for More Ups and Downs in Its Yo-Yo Economy
- It faces the sea in the most sought-after area near Lisbon. Times, Sunday Times
- He has twice been crowned road race world champion, most recently in 2002 when he snuck up the inside of the bunch to outsprint his rivals in Lisbon.
- It was not until I checked into my Lisbon hotel that the receptionist with great glee acquainted me of my dilemma. Times, Sunday Times
- In April 1974 a military coup in Lisbon created a new situation.
- Born in Lisbon, he studied history, philosophy, and jurisprudence at the University of Lisbon.
- Between 1621 and 1623, three new armadas were established in Flanders, Galicia and Gibraltar to support those in Cadiz and Lisbon.
- She received, also, a little, though mournful, reprieve from terror, by a letter from Lisbon, written to again postpone the return of Mrs. Tyrold, at the earnest request of Mr. Relvil; and she flattered herself that, before her arrival, she should be enabled to resume those only duties which could draw her from despondence. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
- In the end, the Lisbon summit concluded less with a bang than a whimper. Times, Sunday Times
