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Co⋅lum⋅bus

  [kuh-luhm-buhs]
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1. Christopher (Sp. Cristóbal Colón; It. Cristoforo Colombo), 1446?–1506, Italian navigator in Spanish service: traditionally considered the discoverer of America 1492.
2. a city in and the capital of Ohio, in the central part. 564,871.
3. a city in W Georgia. 169,441.
4. a city in central Indiana. 30,292.
5. a city in E Mississippi. 27,383.
6. a city in E Nebraska. 17,328.
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Co·lum·bus   (kə-lŭm'bəs)   

  1. A city of western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River south-southwest of Atlanta. Settled in 1828 on the site of a Creek village, it is a port of entry and major industrial center. Population: 189,000.

  2. A city of south-central Indiana south-southeast of Indianapolis. It was a supply depot for Union troops during the Civil War. Population: 39,700.

  3. The capital of Ohio, in the central part of the state. Laid out in 1812, it is a major industrial, commercial, and cultural center. Population: 733,000.

Columbus, Christopher 1451-1506.  
Italian explorer in the service of Spain who determined that the earth was round and attempted to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, thereby reaching America (1492). He made three subsequent voyages to the Caribbean in his quest for a sea route to China.
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Cultural Dictionary

Columbus

Capital of Ohio.

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Word Origin & History

Columbus 
his name is Latinized from his native It. Cristoforo Colombo, in Sp. 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]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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