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columbus
/kəˈlʌmbəs/
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What does columbus mean?
noun
- A person who makes a great discovery.
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin.
- A surname.
More meanings (24)
proper noun
- Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas.
- The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County.
- 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 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.
- plural of Columbu
verb
- (dated, slang) To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer.
- (derogatory, slang) To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈlʌmbəs/
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Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
The director of her conscience was astounded at having the case presented to him thus with the simplicity of Columbus’ egg.
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A quarter of a century elapsed after the first voyage of Columbus before an expedition coasted along the shores of Mexico.
If some day a powerful state spring up on its shores, Burton will to all time be honoured as its indomitable Columbus.
Without resorting to the fabulous method of Columbus, they balance eggs on a table, and in extraordinary ways defy all the powers of gravity.