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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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• CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (noun)
The noun CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 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)

Familiarity information: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS used as a noun is very rare.

• CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (noun)

Sense 1

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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; Cristobal Colon; Cristoforo Colombo; Columbus

Instance hypernyms:

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

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