A province of Roman Hispania, covering what is now southern Portugal and parts of western Spain such as Extremadura. · Portugal (a country in Western Europe)
köken: From lūsītānus + -ia, named after the Lusitanians, an Indo-European tribe of the Iberian peninsula (from Paleo-Hispanic). The name's origin is uncertain but it is generally agreed that the tribe converged with a heavy Celtic (possibly Celtiberian) influence.