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Lisbon

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A corruption of ʹUlyssippo (Ulyssesʹ polis or city). Said by some to have been founded by Lusus, who visited Portugal with Ulysses, whence “Lusitania” (q.v.); and by others to have been founded by Ulysses himself This is Camoensʹ version. (See above.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lionise a Person (To)
Liosalfar
Lip
Lip Homage
Lip Service
Lips
Liquor up
Lir (King)
Liris
Lisboa or Lisboa
Lisbon
Lismahago (Captain)
Lisuarte of Greece
Lit de Justice
Little
Little
Little Britain
Little Corporal (The)
Little Dauphin (The)
Little Ease
Little-Endians

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