lusitanization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful."
- ""Lusitanization" was used as a form of dissemination of (the idea of) Portuguese language through the use of multiple strategies to reinforce the political role of Portuguese as an official language... colonization and "Lusitanization" reinforce and constitute each other mutually."
- "The lusitanization of Brazil was accompanied by far higher levels of immigration than occurred in Angola or Mozambique."
- "The language policy in Brazil is exclusionary, segregating, and reminiscent of the process of Lusitanization..."
Etymology
From lusitanize + -ation, from Lusitanian + ize, ultimately from Latin Lusitania (“pre-Roman and Roman Portugal”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern Portugal. Partially on the model of more common terms such as gallicization and partially as a calque of Portuguese lusitanización, from lusitanizar + -ación, from lusitano (“Lusitanian, Portuguese”) + -izar.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Lusitania, lusitanización
- Suffix: lusitanize
Usage
Inflected Forms
lusitanisation (alternative)