Definitions for Columbus

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Columbus Co·lum·bus

Spelling: [kuh-luhm-buh s]

IPA: /kəˈlʌm bəs/

Columbus is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in Columbus (bclmosuu).

Definitions for Columbus

noun

1. Christopher (Sp. Cristóbal Colón; It. Cristoforo Colombo) 1446?–1506, Italian navigator in Spanish service: traditionally considered the discoverer of America 1492.
2. a city in and the capital of Ohio, in the central part.
3. a city in W Georgia.
4. a city in central Indiana.
5. a city in E Mississippi.
6. a city in E Nebraska.
7. a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus. Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
8. a river formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, flowing SW from Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Mississippi in S Illinois. 981 miles (1580 km) long.

Examples for Columbus

A handful of states do not recognize Columbus Day, preferring alternative commemorations.

“We hope this group will put an end to this,” he told Republican supporters in Columbus.

The story of Columbus is, or should be, familiar to every American who can read.

This art had been discovered during the boyhood of Columbus.

The 191st, organized at Columbus, was commanded and partly recruited with Clevelanders.

When Columbus first saw Cuba in 1492 he described it as “the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen.”

It was thus that the Indians first gazed upon the ships of Columbus.

Columbus was a geographer as well as the herald of an expanding world.

Columbus, while opening the door for Spain, was from Genoa, so celebrating him confuses this part of U.S. history.

Columbus Day felt a lot more like Groundhog Day in Kentucky on Monday night.