Explore Lusitania through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lusitania meaning
- An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
- Portugal.
- The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I.
Synonyms of Lusitania
Using Lusitania
- The main meaning on this page is: An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal. | Portugal. | The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I.
- Useful related words include: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region.
- In the example corpus, lusitania often appears in combinations such as: lusitania was, the lusitania.
Context around Lusitania
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lusitania
- In this selection, "lusitania" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, liner, roman, business and informing stand out and add context to how "lusitania" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the lusitania was torpedoed and and northern lusitania where political. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lusitania" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lusitania
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was told, "This Lusitania business is shocking. (8 words)
The complete Romanization of Lusitania only took place in the Visigothic era. (12 words)
Apart from Damasus I (from Roman Lusitania ), he has been the only Portuguese pope. (14 words)
It has been argued that he encouraged the German Navy to destroy the Lusitania, informing them that it would ensure the US stayed out of the war, while in reality hoping that it would bring the US into the war on Britain's side. (44 words)
One day, she makes a discovery about Descolada being carried by every life form on Lusitania, including both the piggies and the trees; Pipo is inspired and races out to ask the piggies about it before revealing this inspiration. (39 words)
However those living in more settled Romanized parts of Southern Portugal and Lusitania would have begged to differ as he would often raid these regions victimizing the inhabitants. (28 words)
Example sentences (14)
The 16th century colony that would develop into Brazil was named Nova Lusitânia ("New Lusitania").
After the liner Lusitania was sunk in May 1915, drowning over 100 American passengers, protests by the United States led Germany to abandon unrestricted submarine warfare.
After the Lusitania was torpedoed in 1915, Wilson made strong demands on Germany that Bryan disagreed with, resigning in protest as a pacifist.
Apart from Damasus I (from Roman Lusitania ), he has been the only Portuguese pope.
Heckscher, p. 362. A German submarine torpedoed and sank the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania in May 1915; over a thousand perished, including many Americans.
He was told, "This Lusitania business is shocking.
However those living in more settled Romanized parts of Southern Portugal and Lusitania would have begged to differ as he would often raid these regions victimizing the inhabitants.
In fact, Lusitania had been carrying small arms for years prior to the sinking in 1915.
It has been argued that he encouraged the German Navy to destroy the Lusitania, informing them that it would ensure the US stayed out of the war, while in reality hoping that it would bring the US into the war on Britain's side.
One day, she makes a discovery about Descolada being carried by every life form on Lusitania, including both the piggies and the trees; Pipo is inspired and races out to ask the piggies about it before revealing this inspiration.
Otho remained in Lusitania for the next ten years, administering the province with a moderation unusual at the time.
Rome sent numerous legions and its best generals to Lusitania to quell the rebellion, but to no avail—the Lusitanians kept conquering territory.
The complete Romanization of Lusitania only took place in the Visigothic era.
The Suebic kingdom then became cornered in the northwest, in Gallaecia and northern Lusitania, where political division and civil war arose among several pretenders to the royal throne.
Common combinations with lusitania
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: