It is said that the Vikings preceded Columbus in discovering America.
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Columbus
//kəˈlʌmbəs//
Synonyms for "columbus" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (1)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
39 translations across 22 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- Colom noun (Christopher Columbus)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 哥倫布 /哥伦布 noun (given male name)
- 哥倫布 /哥伦布 noun (surname)
- 哥倫布 /哥伦布 noun (Christopher Columbus)
Dutch
1 entries- Christoffel noun (Christopher Columbus)
Esperanto
1 entries- Kolumbo noun (Christopher Columbus)
Faroese
2 entries- Kolumbus noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Kristoffur Kolumbus noun (Christopher Columbus)
Finnish
1 entries- Kolumbus noun (Christopher Columbus)
French
2 entries- Christophe Colomb noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Colomb noun (Christopher Columbus)
German
4 entries- Christoph Colon noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Christoph Columbus noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Christoph Kolumbus noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Kolumbus noun (Christopher Columbus)
Greek
1 entries- Κολόμβος noun (given male name)
Hungarian
1 entries- Kolumbusz Kristóf noun (Christopher Columbus)
Italian
3 entries- Colombo noun (surname)
- Colombo noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Cristoforo Colombo noun (Christopher Columbus)
Japanese
1 entries- コロンブス noun (Christopher Columbus)
Khmer
1 entries- កូឡុំ noun (Christopher Columbus)
Korean
1 entries- 콜럼버스 noun (Christopher Columbus)
Marathi
3 entries- कोलंबस noun (given male name)
- कोलंबस noun (surname)
- कोलंबस noun (Christopher Columbus)
Odia
1 entries- କଲମ୍ବସ୍ noun (Christopher Columbus)
Polish
2 entries- Kolumb noun (given male name)
- Kolumb noun (Christopher Columbus)
Portuguese
1 entries- Colombo noun (Christopher Columbus)
Romanian
1 entries- Columb noun (Christopher Columbus)
Russian
3 entries- Колу́мб noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Колу́мбус noun (given male name)
- Колу́мбус noun (surname)
Spanish
2 entries- Colón noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Cristóbal Colón noun (Christopher Columbus)
Vietnamese
3 entries- Colombo noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Cristoforo Colombo noun (Christopher Columbus)
- Kha Luân Bố noun (Christopher Columbus)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Columbus argued that the earth was round.
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Columbus believed that the earth was round.
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Columbus argued that he could reach India by going west.
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