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English
Etymology
From Lisbon + -ite.
Pronunciation
Noun
Lisbonite (plural Lisbonites)
- A person from Lisbon, Portugal.
- Synonym: Lisboner
1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “After a Richmond Dinner”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. , volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, , →OCLC, page 131:And the Lisbonites did not more disbelieve in, and dream less of their coming ruin, than Cecil did his, […]
2006, Marco de Andrade, Em casa: a Portuguese family's favourite recipes, page 32:The only true Lisbonite in our family is my sister, Tacha, who was born in 1992.
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