Lixbõa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Lisbõa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna),[1] from Latin Olisīpō, from Phoenician or Tartessian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liʃ.ˈbõ.a/

Proper noun

Lixbõa

A city in central Portugal.
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 277 (facsimile):
  
  Eles de Liſbõa eran. ⁊ atal pꝛeito poſerõ. ontreſſi q̃ coꝛrer foſſẽo algarue ſi feꝣeron.
  They were from Lisbon. And agreed among themselves to go to Algarve and they did that.

Descendants

Galician: Lisboa
Portuguese: Lisboa (see there for further descendants)
→ Mirandese: Lisboua

References

'Lisboa muçulmana = Lixbûnâ' in Ciberdúvidas

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "Lixboa"

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