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Co·lum·bus (kə lum′bəs)

Columbus, Christopher (It. name Cristoforo Colombo; Sp. name Cristóbal Colón) 1451?-1506; It. explorer in the service of Spain: discovered America (1492)
Columbus2 definition

Co·lum·bus (kə lum′bəs)

  1. capital of Ohio, in the central part: pop. 711,000
  2. city in W Ga., on the Chattahoochee River: pop. 186,000

Etymology: after Christopher Columbus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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