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CRISTOBAL COLON
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• CRISTOBAL COLON (noun)
The noun CRISTOBAL COLON 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: CRISTOBAL COLON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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; Columbus; Cristobal Colon; Cristoforo Colombo
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
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