LISBOA

First of all, the Portuguese might be quite amused to learn that on Ptolemy’s map, a city named "Lisbona" was located not where modern Lisbon stands today, but rather near Coimbra, on the Mondego River. The actual site of present-day Lisbon was occupied by a city called Olisipon.

Yet "Lisbona" is undeniably a name for Lisbon—for instance, Italians still refer to the city this way.

Regardless, the "-ona" ending—familiar from "Lazona"—is a Laz toponymic suffix, meaning "place of Lisbi." And in Svan (see Lushnu Anban), "Lisbi" translates to "dance."

Thus, "Lisbona" means "land of dances."