Columbus

/kəˈlʌmbəs/ · name

Meaning

A person who makes a great discovery.
To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else.
A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana.
To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer.
The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County.
plural of Columbu
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas.
A surname.
Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:
A village in Adams County, Illinois.
A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, with which it is consolidated.
A male given name from Latin.

From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The common noun and verb are references to the Italian explorer.

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