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Luso-
Luso-
English
Prefix
Luso-
- Forming compound words indicative of the country Portugal.
Coordinate terms
- Appendix:English nationality prefixes
Translations
luso-
luso-
Portuguese
Etymology
From Lusitânia (“poetic name for Portugal”), from Latin Lūsitānia (“province of Roman Hispania”); and from luso (“Portuguese”), from Luso (“Lusus, supposed Roman god”), from Latin lūsum (“game”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlu.zɔ/
Prefix
luso-
- Luso-
- luso-britânico
- Anglo-Portuguese
- luso-britânico