Lusitania

Definitions

1. An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
2. Portugal.
   archaic, poetic
3. The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.”

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