Lusitania (disambiguation)

Lusitania (disambiguation)

Lusitania is the ancient Roman province in western Hispania (or Iberia), corresponding to most of modern Portugal.

The word Lusitania may also refer to:
*Lusitanians, the original Indo-European inhabitants of Lusitania (Proto-Celt)
**Lusitanian language
**Lusitanian mythology
**Lusitanian War, between the Lusitanians and Ancient Rome
*Lusitano, a breed of horses in Portugal
*Lusitanic, which refers to the shared linguistic and cultural traditions of the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) nations
*Kingdom of Northern Lusitania, proposed by Napoleon for the king of Etruria in Northwestern Portugal
*Lusitania (algae), a genus of green algae in the Coccomyxaceae family.
*Lusitania (planet), a planet settled mostly by Portuguese-speaking Brazilians in Orson Scott Card's "Ender" series
*Ships
**RMS "Lusitania", (built 1907) the 30,396 tons British ocean liner sunk by a German U-Boat in World War I on the 7 May 1915
**"Lusitania", (built 1906) 5,537 ton Portuguese liner wrecked on Bellows Rock, south of Cape Point on 18 April 1911
**"Lusitania", (built 1871) 3,912 British cargo ship wrecked on 26 June 1901 north of Cape Ballard, Newfoundland
*Lusitania (album), a 2003 album by Fairweather.


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