COLUMBUS


Meaning of COLUMBUS in English

/keuh lum"beuhs/ , n.

1. Christopher (Sp. Cristóbal Colón; It. Cristoforo Colombo ), 1446?-1506, Italian navigator in Spanish service: traditionally considered the discoverer of America 1492.

2. a city in and the capital of Ohio, in the central part. 564,871.

3. a city in W Georgia. 169,441.

4. a city in central Indiana. 30,292.

5. a city in E Mississippi. 27,383.

6. a city in E Nebraska. 17,328.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .