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ID: 7010978 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010978			Record Type: administrative

Lisbon (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 43 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 38.7167 decimal degrees
Long: 009 08 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -9.1333 decimal degrees

Note: Largest city in Portugal; occupied by Romans from 250 BC until ca. 409 when city was taken by the Alani peoples; successively ruled by Suebi and Visigoths; taken by Moors 8th cen.; alternated between French and British rule during Peninsular War in early 19th cen.

Names:

Lisbon (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
Lisboa (C,V,Portuguese-P,U,N)
Lisbonne (C,O,French-P,U,N)
Lissabon (C,O,German,U,N)
Lisbona (C,V,Italian-P,U)
Lisavona (C,V,Italian,U)
Lisabon (C,O,Slovak-P,U,N)
ליסבון (C,U,Hebrew ,N)
شبونة (C,V,Arabic,U)
Λισαβόνα (C,V,Greek,U)
Lisbon (Portugal) (C,V,LC,English,U)
Lixbuna (H,V)	............	under Moorish rule
Luzbona (H,V)	............	under Moorish rule
Felicitas Julia (H,V,Latin,U,N)	............	Roman
Olisipo (H,V)	............	ancient
Olissibona (H,V)	............	under Moorish rule
Ulixbone (H,V)	............	under Moorish rule
Lisbonite (C,V,English,U,A)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

....

Europe (continent) (P)

........

Portugal (nation) (P)

............

Lisbon (national district) (P)

................

Lisbon (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	by tradition, was founded by Phoenicians ca. 1200 BC; visited by Carthaginian traders ca. 600 BC
city (C)
national capital (C)	............	since 1256
district capital (C)
port (C)
commercial center (C)
educational center (C)
transportation center (C)
tourist center (C)

Related geographic places:

capital of ....	Portugal .......... (nation)
..................	(World, Europe) [1000090]
capital of ....	Portuguese Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................	(World) [8711815]

Sources and Contributors:

ליסבון..........	[IMJ, VP]
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

شبونة..........	[VP]
..............	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Λισαβόνα..........	[VP]
....................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Felicitas Julia..........	[VP]
.............................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 83
.............................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014
.............................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Lisabon..........	[VP]
.................	Virtual Portugal (1999) accessed 03/28/99

Lisavona..........	[VP]
.................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Lisboa..........	[BHA, VP]
.................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 392 & XXIII, 81
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 113
.................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Lisbon..........	[BHA Preferred, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 81-85
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Lisbona..........	[ICCD Preferred, VP]
.................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)
.................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Lisbonite..........	[VP]
....................	Encyclopedia of World History (1980)

Lisbonne..........	[VP]
.................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-98

Lisbon (Portugal)..........	[VP]
................................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 79059721

Lissabon..........	[VP]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-98

Lixbuna..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 83

Luzbona..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 83

Olisipo..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 523-524
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 83
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Olissibona..........	[VP]
.......................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 83

Ulixbone..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 83

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRL, IMJ, VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 523-524
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 392 & XXIII, 81; XXIII, 81-85; XXIII, 83
..................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) https://lccn.loc.gov/n79059721
..................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
..................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2167973
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-98
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 113
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................	Virtual Portugal (1999) accessed 28 March 1999
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Encyclopedia of World History (1980)

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