Lusitania
/lu.sɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
- 2 Portugal. archaic, poetic
- 3 The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I. historical
"The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions."
Example
More examples"The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes."
Etymology
From Latin Lūsītānia.