lusitania
/lu.sɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
name
The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I.
Example Sentences
- "Yet this, as well as most of the forts in the Moluccas, was originally built by the Portuguese themselves. Oh! Lusitania, how art thou fallen!"
- "The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions."
Etymology
From Latin Lūsītānia.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /lu.sɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/
- British English: /luː.sɪˈteɪ.nɪə/