Luso-

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1. indicating Portugal or Portuguese

Word History and Origins

Origin of Luso-¹

from Portuguese lusitano, from Latin, from Lusitania

Example Sentences

Operating Portugal’s remotely operated deep sea submersible “LUSO,” expedition scientists found multiple chimneys of different heights and evidence of bacteria at the new hydrothermal field.

From National Geographic

More than 40 percent of New Bedfordites are Luso Americans, descendants of immigrants from Portugal, largely from the Azores in the Mid-Atlantic, or from Portugal’s former territories, especially Cape Verde off the west coast of Africa.

From Washington Post

Family members of 44-year-old Anthony Luso said Monday they wondered how he was locked inside a bathroom at Montefiore Medical Center for days without anyone noticing.

From US News

Luso worked as an operating room technician at the Bronx hospital.

From US News

A hospital worker then found Luso dead inside a third-floor bathroom.

From US News