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Columbus

[ kuh-luhm-buhs ]

noun

  1. Christopher Sp. Cristóbal ColónIt. 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.
  3. a city in W Georgia.
  4. a city in central Indiana.
  5. a city in E Mississippi.
  6. a city in E Nebraska.


Columbus

1

/ kəˈlʌmbəs /

noun

  1. a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)
  2. a city in W Georgia, on the Chattahoochee River. Pop: 185 702 (2003 est)


Columbus

2

/ kəˈlʌmbəs /

noun

  1. ColumbusChristopher14511506MItalianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigatorTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Christopher. Spanish name Cristóbal Colón, Italian name Cristoforo Colombo. 1451–1506, Italian navigator and explorer in the service of Spain, who discovered the New World (1492)

Columbus

  1. Capital of Ohio .


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The latter category was especially disappointing because Sergei Bobrovsky, so brilliant during his time in Columbus, was signed at great cost specifically to shore up the team’s shortcomings in net.

Botros’s pharmacy is in a diverse community outside Columbus.

Jeff Hattey is a soil scientist who works at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Hockey is blessed with a wealth of talented young players right now, including Pastrňák, McDavid, Matthews and Jack Eichel at forward, and Makar and Columbus’s Zach Werenski on the blue line — all of them 24 or younger.

He is an astrophysicist at Ohio State University in Columbus.

When Columbus first saw Cuba in 1492 he described it as “the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen.”

“We hope this group will put an end to this,” he told Republican supporters in Columbus.

Columbus Day felt a lot more like Groundhog Day in Kentucky on Monday night.

A handful of states do not recognize Columbus Day, preferring alternative commemorations.

Columbus, while opening the door for Spain, was from Genoa, so celebrating him confuses this part of U.S. history.

Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.

Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.

Ferdinand and Isabella confirmed, at Barcelona, the appointment of Columbus, on his return from the new world.

“Ill-usage” expresses the date of the death of Columbus in 1506, as he died in great neglect.

Columbus, proceeding towards Cuba, named the headland Cabo de Cruz on this day.

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