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CRISTOBAL COLON

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Overview

CRISTOBAL COLON (noun)
  The noun CRISTOBAL COLON has 1 sense:

1. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)play

  Familiarity information: CRISTOBAL COLON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CRISTOBAL COLON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christopher Columbus; Columbus; Cristobal Colon; Cristoforo Colombo

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)


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