Explore Lisbon through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lisboa or port. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lisbon meaning
- A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.
- A district of Portugal around the capital.
- The Portuguese government.
Using Lisbon
- The main meaning on this page is: A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal. | A district of Portugal around the capital. | The Portuguese government.
- Useful related words include: lisboa, capital of portugal, national capital, port.
- In the example corpus, lisbon often appears in combinations such as: in lisbon, sporting lisbon, lisbon portugal.
Context around Lisbon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lisbon
- In this selection, "lisbon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sporting, teresa, street, portugal, street and center stand out and add context to how "lisbon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include lisbon portugal ap and 40 of lisbon street lisbon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lisbon" sits close to words such as astonishing, deception and discourage, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lisbon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lisbon soared over Central Cass, 73-6, in Class B wrestling on Thursday in Lisbon. (15 words)
Bishop Robert Barron prays at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2, 2023. (16 words)
Cardinal Manuel Clemente, the patriarch of Lisbon, welcomed them at the Eduardo VII Parc in the city center. (18 words)
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A man wielding a large knife killed two woman and injured several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, and Portuguese authorities said they were investigating Tuesday’s stabbing attack as a possible terror act. (40 words)
Everton have won both pre-season friendlies so far this summer – against Stade Nyonannais and Wigan – and will play three further matches in the next fortnight at Bolton and Stoke before hosting Sporting Lisbon at Goodison Park. (37 words)
Lisbon maintained air connections with Britain and the U.S. Lisbon was a hotbed of spies and served as the base for the International Red Cross in its distribution of relief supplies to POWs. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
In between are about 300 photos of nearly every serviceman from Lisbon, Lisbon Center and Lisbon Falls who fought in World War II.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A man wielding a large knife killed two woman and injured several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, and Portuguese authorities said they were investigating Tuesday’s stabbing attack as a possible terror act.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Authorities in Portugal said Wednesday that the fatal stabbings of two women at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon was not being treated as a potential act of terrorism.
Marcus dated and eventually became engaged to Robin Tunney’s Teresa Lisbon, providing a brief stumbling block in the burgeoning romance between Lisbon and Simon Baker’s Patrick Jane.
Lenard Cruz, 40, of Lisbon Street, Lisbon, was issued a summons by Officer Courtney Everett on Augusta Road on charges of operating after suspension and violation of condition of release.
Lisbon soared over Central Cass, 73-6, in Class B wrestling on Thursday in Lisbon.
Started in Lisbon back in 2014 by editors at Time Out Magazine’s Lisbon branch, Time Out Market places a city’s best eateries under one roof.
Leech, p. 4 Morgan, p. 2 The family moved to Ohio when the senior McKinley was a boy, settling in New Lisbon (now Lisbon).
Lisbon maintained air connections with Britain and the U.S. Lisbon was a hotbed of spies and served as the base for the International Red Cross in its distribution of relief supplies to POWs.
TAP Air Portugal the Portuguese national carrier operates a daily service from Lisbon to Sal with late evening departures returning after midnight and reaching Lisbon in the early morning.
The buildings and big squares of the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon still remain as one of Lisbon's tourist attractions: They represent the world's first quake-proof buildings.
At Quinta dos Ingleses — a small forest area on the outskirts of Lisbon — about 40 tents have been set up.
Based in Lisbon, Portugal, and San Francisco, Railcar Studio billed it as a groundbreaking title that will propel players into a futuristic AR odyssey, melding augmented reality with tangible surroundings.
Bishop Robert Barron prays at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2, 2023.
Buck Curran and Liam Grant performance details: L/A Arts, 168 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Maine on Sunday, May 7 2023.
But I think everyone on the team has been really good,” the former Sporting Lisbon midfielder told Man United TV.
Cardinal Manuel Clemente, the patriarch of Lisbon, welcomed them at the Eduardo VII Parc in the city center.
Cops say the attacker, named as 60-year-old Cesario, had fatally shot the others before turning the gun on himself following a row in the city of Setubal, south of Lisbon.
Enzo Fernandez warms up at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon on Oct. 5. Chelsea has agreed to pay a British record €121 million to sign the Argentina midfielder from Benfica.
Everton have won both pre-season friendlies so far this summer – against Stade Nyonannais and Wigan – and will play three further matches in the next fortnight at Bolton and Stoke before hosting Sporting Lisbon at Goodison Park.
Common combinations with lisbon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in lisbon 55×
- sporting lisbon 40×
- lisbon portugal 17×
- lisbon and 16×
- lisbon in 13×
- of lisbon 11×
- to lisbon 11×
- the lisbon 8×
- from lisbon 7×
- lisbon to 7×