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Lusitaʹnia

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Ancient name for Portugal, said to be so called from Lusus. (See Lusus.)

 

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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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Luncheon. (Welsh, llonc or llwnc, a gulp; llyncu, to swallow at a gulp.)
Lungs of London
Lunsford
Lupercal (The)
Lupine
Lupus et Agnus
Lupus in Fabula
Lurch
Lush
Lusiad or The Lusiads
Lusitania
Lusitanian Prince
Lustral Water
Lustrum
Lusus
Lusus Naturæ
Lutestring
Lutetia
Luther’s Hymn
Lutherans
Lutin

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Lusitania