Columbus
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Columbus¹
- /kəˈlʌmbəs/
Where it comes from
From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The common noun and verb are references to the Italian explorer.
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin.
- A surname.
- Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas.
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The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County.
And exactly a month to the date after kissing the world with her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet (it's like she planned it or smth...), she's [Sabrina Carpenter] kicking off her Short n' Sweet Tour in Columbus, Ohio on September 23.
Similar: Col's
- A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, with which it is consolidated.
- A village in Adams County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas.
- A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky.
- A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, previously a township.
- A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community and inactive township in Johnson County, Missouri.
- A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana.
- A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
- A village in Luna County, New Mexico.
- A town in Chenango County, New York.
- A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina.
- A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota.
- A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas.
- A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (2), Nebraska and Pennsylvania, listed under Columbus Township.
noun Columbuses
- A person who makes a great discovery. It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world.
verb Columbuses · Columbusing · Columbused
- To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer. "But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!"
- To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “Columbused it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in.
Columbus²
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
proper noun
- plural of Columbu
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: christopher colombus, cristobal colon, cristoforo colombo, colomb, colombo, colón, colon, discovers, navigator, adventurer, discoverer, seafarer, voyager, explorer, pathfinder, trailblazer
Translations
Every language
name Christopher Columbus
| Español | Cristóbal Colón, Colón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 콜럼버스 Kolleombeoseu |
| 日本語 | コロンブス Koronbusu |
| 中文 | 哥倫布 /哥伦布 Gēlúnbù |
| Português | Colombo |
| Français | Colomb, Christophe Colomb |
| Deutsch | Kolumbus, Christoph Kolumbus, Christoph Columbus, Christoph Colon |
| Italiano | Cristoforo Colombo, Colombo |
| Română | Columb |
| Русский | Колу́мб Kolúmb |
| Tiếng Việt | Kha Luân Bố, Colombo, Cristoforo Colombo |
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title = {Columbus},
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year = {2026},
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