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Lu·si·ta·ni·a

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–noun

1.	(italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.

2.	an ancient region and Roman province in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding generally to modern Portugal.

—Related forms

Lu·si·ta·ni·an, adjective, noun

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Lu·si·ta·ni·a Audio Help (lōō'sĭ-tā'nē-ə) Pronunciation Key
An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian Peninsula. It corresponded roughly to modern-day Portugal.

Lu'si·ta'ni·an adj. & n.

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Lusitania

1607, the Latin name of a region roughly corresponding to modern Portugal; in modern use, allusive or poetic for "Portugal."

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lusitania
noun
ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain

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Lusitania [(looh-suh-tay-nee-uh)]

A British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland in 1915. Germany, then at war with Britain but not with the United States (see World War I), had warned Americans against traveling on the ship. More than a hundred Americans died in the sinking. The incident worsened relations between Germany and the United States and encouraged American involvement in the war.

[Chapter:] World History since 1550

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