The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim.
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Ferdinand
//ˈfɝdn̩.ænd//
Synonyms for "ferdinand" (3 found)
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Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
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1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 26 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- ফার্ডিনান্ড name (male given name)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Фердина́нд name (male given name)
Catalan
1 entries- Ferran name (male given name)
Chinese
3 entries- 斐迪南 name (male given name)
- 費迪南 /费迪南 name (male given name)
- 費迪南德 /费迪南德 name (male given name)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 天衛二十四 /天卫二十四 name (moon of Uranus)
Czech
1 entries- Ferdinand name (male given name)
Danish
1 entries- Ferdinand name (male given name)
Extremaduran
1 entries- Fernandu name (male given name)
Finnish
1 entries- Veeti name (male given name)
French
1 entries- Fernand name (male given name)
Galician
2 entries- Fernando name (male given name)
- Fernán name (male given name)
Georgian
1 entries- ფერდინანდი name (male given name)
German
1 entries- Ferdinand name (male given name)
Greek
1 entries- Φερδινάνδος name (male given name)
Hungarian
2 entries- Ferdinánd name (male given name)
- Nándor name (male given name)
Italian
1 entries- Ferdinando name (male given name)
Japanese
1 entries- ファーディナンド name (moon of Uranus)
Latin
1 entries- Ferdinandus name (male given name)
Norwegian
1 entries- Ferdinand name (male given name)
Persian
1 entries- فردیناند name (male given name)
Polish
1 entries- Ferdynand name (male given name)
Portuguese
2 entries- Fernando name (male given name)
- Fernão name (male given name)
Russian
1 entries- Фердина́нд name (male given name)
Sicilian
2 entries- Firdinannu name (male given name)
- Firnannu name (male given name)
Spanish
4 entries- Fernando name (male given name)
- Fernán name (male given name)
- Hernando name (male given name)
- Hernán name (male given name)
Swedish
1 entries- Ferdinand name (male given name)
Sample sentences
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What did Ferdinand Magellan do?
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Ferdinand won't give the speech because he's got a cough.
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We were taught that Ferdinand Magellan was Portuguese but worked in the service of Spain.
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