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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 |
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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. |
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Lisbon (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Lisboa (C,V,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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Lisbonne (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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Lissabon (C,O,German,U,N)
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Lisbona (C,V,Italian-P,U)
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Lisavona (C,V,Italian,U)
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Lisabon (C,O,Slovak-P,U,N)
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ליסבון (C,U,Hebrew ,N)
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شبونة (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Λισαβόνα (C,V,Greek,U)
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Lisbon (Portugal) (C,V,LC,English,U)
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Lixbuna (H,V)
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............ | under Moorish rule |
Luzbona (H,V)
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............ | under Moorish rule |
Felicitas Julia (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | Roman |
Olisipo (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
Olissibona (H,V)
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............ | under Moorish rule |
Ulixbone (H,V)
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............ | under Moorish rule |
Lisbonite (C,V,English,U,A)
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Lisbon (national district) (P) |
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Lisbon (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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by tradition, was founded by Phoenicians ca. 1200 BC; visited by Carthaginian traders ca. 600 BC |
city (C) |
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national capital (C) |
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since 1256 |
district capital (C) |
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port (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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educational center (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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tourist center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital of .... |
Portugal .......... (nation) |
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(World, Europe) [1000090] |
capital of .... |
Portuguese Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World) [8711815] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRL, IMJ, VP] |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 523-524 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 392 & XXIII, 81; XXIII, 81-85; XXIII, 83 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) https://lccn.loc.gov/n79059721 |
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 May 2014 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2167973 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-98 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1994) 113 |
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USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers |
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Virtual Portugal (1999) accessed 28 March 1999 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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