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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/columbus#Latin" title="columbus">columbus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a <a href="/wiki/dove" title="dove">dove</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Colombo#English" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></i>. The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/kəˈlʌmbəs/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Columbus.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Columbus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Columbus.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Columbus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Columbus.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Columbus.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Columbus.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Columbus.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="En-au-Columbus.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/En-au-Columbus.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/En-au-Columbus.ogg/En-au-Columbus.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-au-Columbus.ogg" title="File:En-au-Columbus.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Columbus</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">A male <a href="/wiki/given_name" title="given name">given name</a> from Latin</span>.</li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">A <a href="/wiki/surname" title="surname">surname</a></span>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" class="extiw" title="w:Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> (1451?–1506), Italian <a href="/wiki/explorer" title="explorer">explorer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>.</li> <li>Any of various cities, towns and villages in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/capital_city" title="capital city">capital city</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ohio#English" title="Ohio">Ohio</a></span>, and the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County#English" title="Franklin County">Franklin County</a></span>.</li> <li>A city, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Muscogee_County#English" title="Muscogee County">Muscogee County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Georgia#English" title="Georgia">Georgia</a></span>, with which it is consolidated.</li> <li>A village in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Adams_County#English" title="Adams County">Adams County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Illinois#English" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></span>.</li> <li>A city, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_County#English" title="Bartholomew County">Bartholomew County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Indiana#English" title="Indiana">Indiana</a></span>.</li> <li>A city, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County#English" title="Cherokee County">Cherokee County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Kansas#English" title="Kansas">Kansas</a></span>.</li> <li>A tiny <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/home_rule_city" class="extiw" title="w:home rule city">home rule city</a> in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County#English" title="Hickman County">Hickman County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#English" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></span>.</li> <li>A small city in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Anoka_County#English" title="Anoka County">Anoka County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota#English" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></span>, previously a township.</li> <li>A city, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Lowndes_County#English" title="Lowndes County">Lowndes County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi#English" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></span>.</li> <li>An unincorporated community and inactive township in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County#English" title="Johnson County">Johnson County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Missouri#English" title="Missouri">Missouri</a></span>.</li> <li>A town, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Stillwater_County#English" title="Stillwater County">Stillwater County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Montana#English" title="Montana">Montana</a></span>.</li> <li>A city, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Platte_County#English" title="Platte County">Platte County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska#English" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a></span>.</li> <li>An unincorporated community in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Burlington_County#English" title="Burlington County">Burlington County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey#English" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></span>.</li> <li>A village in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Luna_County#English" title="Luna County">Luna County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico#English" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a></span>.</li> <li>A town in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Chenango_County#English" title="Chenango County">Chenango County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/New_York#English" title="New York">New York</a></span>.</li> <li>A town, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Polk_County#English" title="Polk County">Polk County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina#English" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></span>.</li> <li>A tiny city in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Burke_County#English" title="Burke County">Burke County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota#English" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a></span>.</li> <li>A small city, the <a href="/wiki/county_seat" title="county seat">county seat</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_County#English" title="Colorado County">Colorado County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Texas#English" title="Texas">Texas</a></span>.</li> <li>A small city in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County#English" title="Columbia County">Columbia County</a></span> and <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County#English" title="Dodge County">Dodge County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin#English" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></span>.</li> <li>A town in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County#English" title="Columbia County">Columbia County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin#English" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></span>.</li> <li>A number of <a href="/wiki/township" title="township">townships</a>, in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Illinois#English" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Indiana#English" title="Indiana">Indiana</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Michigan#English" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></span> (2), <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska#English" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a></span> and <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania#English" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></span>, listed under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Township" class="extiw" title="w:Columbus Township">Columbus Township</a>.</li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">capital city of Ohio</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Col%27s#English" title="Col's">Col's</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbian#English" title="Columbian">Columbian</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbian_Exchange#English" title="Columbian Exchange">Columbian Exchange</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/columbium#English" title="columbium">columbium</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Channel#English" title="Columbus Channel">Columbus Channel</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbus_County#English" title="Columbus County">Columbus County</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_Columbus#English" title="Knight of Columbus">Knight of Columbus</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Columbus</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbuses#English" title="Columbuses">Columbuses</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A person who makes a great <a href="/wiki/discovery" title="discovery">discovery</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1912</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" class="extiw" title="w:Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(Doyle_novel)" class="extiw" title="w:The Lost World (Doyle novel)">The Lost World<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the “Daily Gazette.”">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London; New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodder_%26_Stoughton" class="extiw" title="w:Hodder & Stoughton">Hodder and Stoughton</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1029993343">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"It is colossal. You are a <b>Columbus</b> of science who has discovered a lost world."</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-given_male_name"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">given male name</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="given male name"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E5%80%AB%E5%B8%83#Mandarin" title="哥倫布">哥倫布</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E4%BC%A6%E5%B8%83#Mandarin" title="哥伦布">哥伦布</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E5%80%AB%E5%B8%83" class="extiw" title="zh:哥倫布">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Gēlúnbù</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Κολόμβος (page does not exist)">Κολόμβος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Κολόμβος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">Kolómvos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="कोलंबस (page does not exist)">कोलंबस</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">kolambas</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Kolumb#Polish" title="Kolumb">Kolumb</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kolumb" class="extiw" title="pl:Kolumb">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Колумбус (page does not exist)">Колу́мбус</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" class="extiw" title="ru:Колумбус">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">Kolúmbus</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-surname"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">surname</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="surname"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E5%80%AB%E5%B8%83#Mandarin" title="哥倫布">哥倫布</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E4%BC%A6%E5%B8%83#Mandarin" title="哥伦布">哥伦布</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E5%80%AB%E5%B8%83" class="extiw" title="zh:哥倫布">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Gēlúnbù</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Colombo#Italian" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colombo" class="extiw" title="it:Colombo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="कोलंबस (page does not exist)">कोलंबस</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">kolambas</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Колумбус (page does not exist)">Колу́мбус</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" class="extiw" title="ru:Колумбус">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">Kolúmbus</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Christopher_Columbus"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Christopher Columbus</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Christopher Columbus"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/Colom#Catalan" title="Colom">Colom</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colom" class="extiw" title="ca:Colom">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E5%80%AB%E5%B8%83#Mandarin" title="哥倫布">哥倫布</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E4%BC%A6%E5%B8%83#Mandarin" title="哥伦布">哥伦布</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E5%80%AB%E5%B8%83" class="extiw" title="zh:哥倫布">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Gēlúnbù</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Christoffel#Dutch" title="Christoffel">Christoffel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Christoffel" class="extiw" title="nl:Christoffel">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/Kolumbo#Esperanto" title="Kolumbo">Kolumbo</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/Kolumbus#Finnish" title="Kolumbus">Kolumbus</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Colomb#French" title="Colomb">Colomb</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colomb" class="extiw" title="fr:Colomb">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Christophe#French" title="Christophe">Christophe</a> <a href="/wiki/Colomb#French" title="Colomb">Colomb</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kolumbus#German" title="Kolumbus">Kolumbus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Christoph#German" title="Christoph">Christoph</a> <a href="/wiki/Kolumbus#German" title="Kolumbus">Kolumbus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Christoph#German" title="Christoph">Christoph</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#German">Columbus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Christoph#German" title="Christoph">Christoph</a> <a href="/wiki/Colon#German" title="Colon">Colon</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolumbusz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kolumbusz (page does not exist)">Kolumbusz</a> <a href="/wiki/Krist%C3%B3f#Hungarian" title="Kristóf">Kristóf</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Cristoforo#Italian" title="Cristoforo">Cristoforo</a> <a href="/wiki/Colombo#Italian" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Colombo#Italian" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colombo" class="extiw" title="it:Colombo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="コロンブス (page does not exist)">コロンブス</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">Koronbusu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%BB%E1%9F%86#Khmer" title="កូឡុំ">កូឡុំ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%BB%E1%9F%86" class="extiw" title="km:កូឡុំ">(km)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">koulom</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%BD%9C%EB%9F%BC%EB%B2%84%EC%8A%A4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="콜럼버스 (page does not exist)">콜럼버스</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">Kolleombeoseu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="कोलंबस (page does not exist)">कोलंबस</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">kolambas</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Odia: <span class="Orya" lang="or"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="କଲମ୍ବସ୍ (page does not exist)">କଲମ୍ବସ୍</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://or.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D" class="extiw" title="or:କଲମ୍ବସ୍">(or)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="or-Latn" class="tr Latn">kalambas</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Kolumb#Polish" title="Kolumb">Kolumb</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kolumb" class="extiw" title="pl:Kolumb">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Colombo#Portuguese" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colombo" class="extiw" title="pt:Colombo">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Columb (page does not exist)">Columb</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Колумб (page does not exist)">Колу́мб</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1" class="extiw" title="ru:Колумб">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">Kolúmb</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal#Spanish" title="Cristóbal">Cristóbal</a> <a href="/wiki/Col%C3%B3n#Spanish" title="Colón">Colón</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Col%C3%B3n#Spanish" title="Colón">Colón</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/Col%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="es:Colón">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/Kha_Lu%C3%A2n_B%E1%BB%91#Vietnamese" title="Kha Luân Bố">Kha Luân Bố</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dated</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/Colombo#Vietnamese" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/Cristoforo#Vietnamese" title="Cristoforo">Cristoforo</a> <a href="/wiki/Colombo#Vietnamese" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Columbus</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbuses#English" title="Columbuses">Columbuses</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbusing#English" title="Columbusing">Columbusing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Columbused#English" title="Columbused">Columbused</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">possibly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/explore" title="explore">explore</a>; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1893</b></span>, <cite>American Boys Afloat: Or, Cruising in the Orient</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">150</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go <b>Columbusing</b> all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!"</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1908</b></span>, <cite>Out West</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">28</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">90</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Callous as the old mummy was about anything and everything save his pet hobby, archaeology, he would sit up and take notice of such a vision ; and Peter felt that, having <b>Columbused</b> the discovery, he had the better right to it.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1908</b></span>, <cite>Sunset</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">20</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">271</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">To the west of the river lay the country in which I went <b>Columbusing</b> — the enchanted desert whose southern boundary was where the sky reached down and merged with the earth curve, and whose northern limit was the Harqua Hala range <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1921</b></span>, <cite>Forest Leaves</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">15</span>, page lxx:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">No street car line passes it, so you'll have to do a little <b>Columbusing</b> on your own account-to find it-—but it's worth discovering, and President Gardner's phophecy sounds conservative.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/derogatory" title="derogatory">derogatory</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/appropriate" title="appropriate">appropriate</a>; to lay claim to something, especially a <a href="/wiki/discovery" title="discovery">discovery</a>, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2014</b></span>, Justin Simien, <cite>Dear White People</cite>, Simon and Schuster, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4767-9810-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4767-9810-3">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NVYCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA97&dq=%22Columbused%22&hl=en&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Columbused%22&f=false">page <span class="None" lang="und">97</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “<b>Columbused</b> it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2014</b> July 6, Brenda Salinas, “‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New”, in <cite>NPR</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/06/328466757/columbusing-the-art-of-discovering-something-that-is-not-new">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Of course, there is no bouncer, but we can be careful not to <b>Columbus</b> other culture's traditions.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2015</b></span>, Frederic Charles Schaffer, <cite>Elucidating Social Science Concepts</cite>, Routledge, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-136-71065-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-136-71065-0">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NRs-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=%22Columbused%22&hl=en&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Columbused%22&f=false">page <span class="None" lang="und">54</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He then lists other things that have been <b>Columbused</b>, such as twerking by Miley Cyrus and hummus by “health conscious whities.”</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch">Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Dutch pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌkoːˈlʏm.bʏs/</span></li> <li><link 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title="File:Nl-Columbus.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="nl">Co‧lum‧bus</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun_2">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">Columbus</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">a <a href="/wiki/surname" title="surname">surname</a></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Columbus</a></span>, chiefly in reference to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" class="extiw" title="w:Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 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