Definition of Cristoforo Colombo

1. Noun. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506).

Exact synonyms: Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Cristobal Colon
Generic synonyms: Navigator
Derivative terms: Columbian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cristoforo Colombo

Crimean Tatar
Crimean War
Crimean fever
Crimean peninsula
Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada
Criminal Investigation Command
Crinoidea
Crioulo
Crip
Crips
Crispin
Crispus
Cristobal
Cristobal Balenciaga
Cristobal Colon
Cristoforo Colombo (current term)
Crius
Crixivan
Crna Gora
Cro-Magnon
Cro-magnon
Croat
Croatia
Croatian
Croatian Sheepdog
Croatian Sheepdogs
Croatians
Croation
Croato-Serbian

Literary usage of Cristoforo Colombo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"Cristoforo Colombo LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS AND EPILOGUE Text by Luigi Illica. Music by Alberto Franchetti. First produced at Genoa in 1892; and a revised ..."

2. Italian Conversation-grammar: A New and Practical Method of Learning the by Karl Marquard Sauer (1903)
"in the Turkish way, with [his] (the) head bent forward (chino) and [his] (the) cap in [his] hand. Reading Exercise. 80. Continuazione di Cristoforo Colombo. ..."

3. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"... di Cristoforo Colombo, in vol. ill. of the Transactions of the Society. * A view of the alleged house and chamber in which the birth took place is given ..."

4. New Guinea: What I Did and what I Saw by Luigi Maria D'Albertis (1880)
"... Cristoforo Colombo "—The " Garonne "—My prophecies and their fulfilment—A dangerous situation—Suspense and release—The conclusion of my voyage. ..."

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