Columbus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Columbus in British English:
UK [kə'lʌmbəs]
How to pronounce Columbus in American English:
US [kə'lʌmbəs]
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- Noun:
- the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
- Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
- a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama
- a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center
Word Origin
- Columbus
- his name is Latinized from his native Italian Cristoforo Colombo, in Spanish Christobal Colon. America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else, and most of the exploration for the next fifty years was done in the hope of getting through or around it. [S.E. Morison, "The Oxford History of the United States," 1965]
Example
- 1. Columbus day became a u.s. holiday in 1971 .
- 2. Students attending the columbus rally spoke of mr obama inheriting a mess that no leader could fix in one term .
- 3. Americans are celebrating columbus day monday .
- 4. But what we really need is a stronger housing market here in columbus .
- 5. Columbus set out on his voyage on aug 3 , 1492 .