Columbus

English

/kəˈlʌmbəs/

proper noun

Definitions

Christopher Columbus (1451?–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas.
Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin columbus (a dove).

Origin

Latin

columbus

Gloss

a dove

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

columbus Latin
Columbo Italian
colombo Italian
κόλυμβος Ancient Greek
コロンバス Japanese
Kolumbio Esperanto
Kolumbo Esperanto
colom Catalan, Valencian
columb Old Irish
哥倫布 Chinese
culumbu Aromanian
colomb Occitan
cónbo Ligurian