Columbus

columbus English Etymology 1 en name :der la:columbus From en la columbus a dove. en Colombo. The common noun and verb are references to the Italian explorer. Pronunciation en /kəˈlʌmbəs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Columbus.wav US en En-au-Columbus.ogg AU Proper noun en male Latin. en. Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States: en The <<capital city>> of <<s/Ohio>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Franklin County>>. en 2024-09-21 Heath Owens What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour w:Cosmopolitan https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a62289922/what-to-wear-to-sabrina-carpenter-concert-short-n-sweet-tour/ And exactly a month to the date after kissing the world with her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet (it's like she planned it or smth...), she's Sabrina Carpenter kicking off her Short n' Sweet Tour in Columbus, Ohio on September 23. https://web.archive.org/web/20241210084031/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a62289922/what-to-wear-to-sabrina-carpenter-concert-short-n-sweet-tour/ en city/county seat co/Muscogee County s/Georgia, with which it is consolidated. en village co/Adams County s/Illinois. en city/county seat co/Bartholomew County s/Indiana. en city/county seat co/Cherokee County s/Kansas. en tiny home rule city co/Hickman County s/Kentucky. en small city co/Anoka County s/Minnesota, previously a township. en city/county seat co/Lowndes County s/Mississippi. en ucomm and inactive township in co/Johnson County s/Missouri. en town/county seat co/Stillwater County s/Montana. en city/county seat co/Platte County s/Nebraska. en ucomm twp:Suf/Mansfield co/Burlington County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Columbus, New Jersey en village co/Luna County s/New Mexico. en town co/Chenango County s/New York. en town/county seat co/Polk County s/North Carolina. en tiny city co/Burke County s/North Dakota. en small city/county seat co/Colorado County s/Texas. en small city co/Columbia County and co/Dodge County s/Wisconsin. en town co/Columbia County s/Wisconsin. en A number of <<townships>>, in <<s/Illinois>>, <<s/Indiana>>, <<s/Michigan>> (2), <<s/Nebraska>> and <<s/Pennsylvania>>, listed under Columbus Township. Synonyms capital city of Ohio en Col's Derived terms en Columbian Columbus Channel Columbia Knight of Columbus Columbian Exchange columbium Columbus County Translations given male name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哥倫布 Gēlúnbù Greek: el Κολόμβος m Marathi: mr कोलंबस m Polish: pl Kolumb m Russian: ru Колу́мбус m surname Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哥倫布 Gēlúnbù Italian: it Colombo m f Marathi: mr कोलंबस m Russian: ru Колу́мбус m f Christopher Columbus Catalan: ca Colom m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哥倫布 Gēlúnbù Dutch: nl Christoffel m Esperanto: eo Kolumbo Faroese: fo Kolumbus m, fo Kristoffur Kolumbus m Finnish: fi Kolumbus French: fr Colomb m, fr Christophe Colomb m German: de Kolumbus m, de Christoph Kolumbus m, de Christoph Columbus m, de Christoph Colon m Hungarian: hu Kolumbusz Kristóf Italian: it Cristoforo Colombo m, it Colombo m Japanese: ja コロンブス Koronbusu Khmer: km កូឡុំ Korean: ko ^콜럼버스 Marathi: mr कोलंबस m Odia: or କଲମ୍ବସ୍ Polish: pl Kolumb m Portuguese: pt Colombo m Romanian: ro Columb m Russian: ru Колу́мб m Spanish: es Cristóbal Colón m, es Colón m Vietnamese: vi Kha Luân Bố dated, vi Colombo, vi Cristoforo Colombo Noun es A person who makes a great discovery. 58 It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world. Verb en possibly _ dated slang To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer. en 1893 American Boys Afloat: Or, Cruising in the Orient 150 "But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!" en 1908 Out West 28 90 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 Columbused the discovery, he had the better right to it. en 1908 Sunset 20 271 To the west of the river lay the country in which I went Columbusing — 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 en 1921 Forest Leaves 15 lxx No street car line passes it, so you'll have to do a little Columbusing on your own account-to find it-—but it's worth discovering, and President Gardner's phophecy sounds conservative. en derogatory slang US To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. en Justin Simien Dear White People 2014 Simon and Schuster 97 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 978-1-4767-9810-3 When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “Columbused it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in. en 2014-07-06 Brenda Salinas https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/06/328466757/columbusing-the-art-of-discovering-something-that-is-not-new w:NPR ‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New If you've danced to an Afrobeat-heavy pop song, dipped hummus, sipped coconut water, participated in a Desi-inspired color run or sported a henna tattoo, then you've Columbused something. Sometimes, though, Columbusing can feel icky. Of course, there is no bouncer, but we can be careful not to Columbus other culture's traditions. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808231225/https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/06/328466757/columbusing-the-art-of-discovering-something-that-is-not-new en Frederic Charles Schaffer Elucidating Social Science Concepts 2015 Routledge 54 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 978-1-136-71065-0 He then lists other things that have been Columbused, such as twerking by Miley Cyrus and hummus by “health conscious whities.” References Etymology 2 Proper noun en proper noun form en Columbu en Colonialism Individuals Dutch Pronunciation nl /ˌkoːˈlʏm.bʏs/ nl Nl-Columbus.ogg nl Co lum bus Proper noun nl proper noun nl; en Columbus, chiefly in reference to Christopher Columbus Derived terms nl ei van Columbus