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LISBON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic
Synonyms:
capital of Portugal; Lisboa; Lisbon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Lisbon"):
Ponte 25 de Abril (a suspension bridge across the Tagus River at Lisbon)
Holonyms ("Lisbon" is a part of...):
Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))
