Lusitania
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- proper noun
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Lusitania
- In ancient texts, Lusitania is often described as a fertile land in the western Iberian Peninsula.
- sinking of the Lusitania
- Lusitania sank
- Lusitania in 1915
Examples
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People still want to book passage on the Lusitania after it has left the dock.
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In turn and as anticipated, the sinking of the Lusitania caused a wave of anger among the American population and America entered the war a short time after.
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American shipping continued to the Allies as passions were drummed up over the Lusitania (a British ship, but with lots of American passengers).
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More than any stricken vessel in the war, the Lusitania symbolized the horror of submarine warfare and fixed in American minds the barbarity of its perpetrators.
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It's a fact that Woodrow Wilson's senior advisor, Edward House, deliberately sent a passenger ship, the RMS Lusitania, into German-controlled waters with the intention that it be hit by a U-boat, which it was, and that brings America into World War I.
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The ancient region of Lusitania was home to various tribes before becoming a Roman province.
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Many historians study Lusitania to understand the cultural influences in early Iberia.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lusitania was the name the Romans gave to the area of the Lusitani, an ancient people who lived where modern Portugal and part of western Spain are now. So Lusitania simply means 'land of the Lusitani', which is why it names that old region and Roman province.